[aruanan]

It just might clear up the smoke they’re blowing in our eyes.

I don't think that's where they've been blowing the smoke. For another good read and some fascinating history of anti-tobacco zealotry, see Jacob Sullum's For your own good : the anti-smoking crusade and the tyranny of public health.

[lockjaw02]

Jacob Sullum also debunked this Helena Heart "study" when it was first announced in April in an edition of his syndicated column entitled, Heartstopping Discovery.

They actually had the study posted on tobaccofreekids for a short period of time, but they immediately pulled it. I tried to point some other folks to is on this thread on debunkers.org, but the link went dead in less than 5 hours after I found it. Surprise, surprise. (yes, I do have a copy)

I've also heard that Dr Sargent, one of the study's authors, recently told someone trying to obtain a copy of the study it "wasn't available". Well, if it's not available, then why are anti-smokers still using it to further their agenda as Rosemary Ellis did in her NY Times op-ed piece, The Secondhand Smoking Gun?

Hmmm, I smell a steeeeenkin' rat.