[martin_fierro]

And just by the strangest of coincidences there happen to be two local ballot questions this year on where you can light up in public.

[martin_fierro]

Pufflist Ping

[mtbopfuyn]

I'm shocked, I tell ya. Shocked!

[TexasCajun]

Talk about your target-rich environments!

[randog]

Several Reno area casino executives who were asked by the Reno Gazette-Journal to respond to the study's findings did not return telephone calls.

I wonder if they called the execs at the Ponderosa Casino, the only "tobacco-free" casino in Reno?

Oh, wait--they went out of business!

[coconutt2000]

Studies like this that haven't undergone peer review are useless until they've been vetted, and even then - it depends on which publication it was submitted to for peer review.

And I didn't read the article closely, but I didn't see mention of a control group.

[Publius6961]

Study conducted in Nevada casinos claims DNA risk from secondhand smoke

This report on a so-called "study is all over the place...

And the holes in the study are big enough to drive hundreds of semis loaded with smokes through...

First of all, 125 subjects is minuscule; almost a joke.
Where is the explanation of why it totally disagrees with the UN World Health Organization study involving tens of thousands of subjects tracked for 15 or more years?

Where is the methodology? Where is the peer review? Where is the science?

The EPA was excoriated for allowing fake or doctored studies from being used as a basis of anti-smoking laws a long time ago. Looks like they never stopped!

I can't stop laughing at the "bottom line" the anti-smoking welfare system. Full employment for incompetent scientists and their junk science.

$20,000 per subject? WTF?

[Just another Joe]

The expert witness in the case was James Repace, a physicist

Anything that has Repace's name on it is suspect to begin with.
And what does a physicist know about medical matters?