[SheLion]

It's not a new study: just a rehash meta-analysis similar to that done by the EPA in 92. It doesn't prove anything, just adds another brick for their arguments that "evidence" supports their contention.

The propaganda nature of the thing is shown by the fact that they're doing all these press releases when they're not even having the study itself released till sometime in the fall/winter. They're doing it this way so that all sorts of inaccurate information will be spread on speculation about the contents of the study before the study itself is actually made available for analysis.

A good response when this is brought up for now might be to simply ask why, if the study has been done and shows what they claim, then why are they refusing to show the study itself to the public at this time.

(Not my words, but I couldn't have said it any better then this).

[SheLion]

Same old spin, different wording.

[chudogg]

Are you really trying to say that there are no health risks involved in smoking??

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

I read where this report was tied to the World Health Organization which means this to be a "scaremonger"report with the underlying agenda of creating (PC)lifestyles.The "enviroschizophrenics"do it,the anti-gun crowd does it,hel* they all do it!

[Great Dane]

Sounds like the EPA cherry picking kind of study, and since they are totally dismissing their own long term study...... why would anyone believe them, LACK OF CREDIBILITY, I say.