tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post3089599229146709018..comments2024-03-26T00:00:44.845-04:00Comments on Tobacco Truth: Dishonoring Tony GwynnBrad Roduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02780515717969719311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-61744781445365458842014-07-29T15:51:48.733-04:002014-07-29T15:51:48.733-04:00I want to second Anonymous's praise Dr. Rodu. ...I want to second Anonymous's praise Dr. Rodu. 1 case in every 12 years of dentistry, 23 cases per million men, and no significant link. <br /><br />Unfortunately, the way the antismoking (or more generally, the anti-tobacco-or-anything-with-nicotine-except-approved-NicoGummyPatchyProducts) mindset works, it's "Post hoc ergo propter hoc." and anyone who even chewed tobacco or used snus only during the final exams of their senior year college will be told by their doctor, "Well, that's probably what caused this."<br /><br />I am constantly amazed by the number of internet posters out there who claim that their doctor has definitively blamed all sorts of diseases on secondhand smoke. I even quoted an extensive story in TobakkoNacht of a woman who insisted on having a breast biopsy done because she believed she had "caught" breast cancer from using a phone that was sometimes used by a co-worker after they came back from a smoke break.<br /><br />Seriously.<br /><br /> :/<br />Michael J. McFadden<br />Author of "Dissecting Antismokers' Brains" (They're about the same size as the general anti-THReductionist brain: you need a yoctoscope.)Michael J. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181949578184965482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670285911995096389.post-54007603902798519322014-07-16T14:27:35.150-04:002014-07-16T14:27:35.150-04:00I fear that this excellent post regarding the fact...I fear that this excellent post regarding the facts of salivary glad cancer will be lost due to the fact that the media is looking for a reason to crusade against all tobacco products (especially smokeless). Thanks for the excellent work Dr. Rodu. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com