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The ideology is that tobacco is deadly in any form and that, as in the case of any ideology, is not open for discussion. Supporters of the extinction of tobacco, however, go the great extents to state that they are based on science and not ideology, although their science is epidemiology which, by definition, cannot establish causality so it is not science. Be that as it may, the same “science” “demonstrates” that tobacco smoking has a remarkable list of benefits to health. That list is, of course, the tightest taboo of the antismoking propaganda. This section deals with that taboo and implicitly demands a choice. As it is the same “science”, then it is either all junk science or it is all good science. In that case, the benefits of smoking should be highlighted by those very same health “authorities” that yell in our ears that “smoking kills”. But that would be information as opposed to propaganda.

Smokers With Rheumatoid Arthritis May Have Lower Body Fat Than Nonsmokers | Laurie Barclay
Article Published: 2008

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Type: Cross Sectional
Published By: Medscape

Keywords: arthritis, rheumatoid, Barclay, benefits, smoking

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'Smoker's Paradox' in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Receiving Primary Coronary Intervention | Katayama T.(Koseikai H.), Iwasaki Y. (Koseikai H.), Yamamoto T. (Koseikai H.), Yoshioka M. (Koseikai H.), Nakashima H. (Nagasaki Mun. H.), Suzuki S. (Nagasaki Mun. H.), Honda Y. (Nagasaki Mun. H.), Yano K. (Nagasaki Univ.)
Article Published: 2006

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Published By: J Cardiol. 2006 Oct;48(4):193-200

Keywords: Katayama, Iwasaki, Yamamoto, Yoshioka, Nakashima, Suzuki, Honda, Yano, Japan, paradox, myocardial

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Carbon monoxide rescues ischemic lungs by interrupting MAPK-driven expression of early growth response 1 gene and its downstream target genes | Mishra, Fujita, Lama, Nam, Liao, Okada, Minamoto,Yoshikawa, Harada, Pinsky
Article Published: 2006

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Type: Experimental and Technical
Funding Source: Supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health Grants R01 HL55397, R01 HL69448, and R01 HL59488
Significance: Statistically Significant Positive

Published By: Proc Natl Acad Sci, U S A

Keywords: CO, carbon monoxide, lungs, heart

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Paradoxical Effect of Smoking in the Spanish Population with Acute Myocardial Infarction or Unstable Angina: Results of the ARIAM Register | Juan Miguel Torres-Ruiz, Miguel Álvarez-Bueno and Francisco Javier Manuel Ruiz-Bailén, Eduardo Aguayo de Hoyos, Antonio Reina-Toral, Gómez Jiménez
Article Published: 2004

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Type: Population
Published By: 2004;125;831-840 Chest DOI 10.1378/chest.125.3.831

Keywords: Torres-Ruiz, Álvarez-Bueno, Ruiz-Bailén, Aguayo de Hoyos, Reina-Toral, Jiménez, angina, paradox

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Glycation of the amyloid b-protein by a nicotine metabolite: A fortuitous chemical dynamic between smoking and Alzheimer’s disease | Tobin J. Dickerson and Kim D. Janda
Article Published: 2003

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Type: Experimental and Technical
Funding Source: "We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Laura Pasternack for helpful discussions and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grant F31 DA-15973 to T.J.D.) and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology for financial support."
Significance: No Risk Estimate Reported

Published By: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America

Keywords: Parkinson, Alzheimer, nicotine, smoking, protection, Dickerson, Janda

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Gingival recession in smokers and non-smokers with minimal periodontal disease | Hans-Peter Müller, School of Dental Medicine, U.of Heidelberg,Sabine Stadermann, School of Dental Medicine, U. of Heidelberg, German Armed Forces Central H., Koblenz; Achim Heinecke, Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, U. of Münster
Article Published: 2002

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Type: Periodontological
Published By: Journal of Clinical Periodontology 2002; 29(2):129-136

Keywords: Müller, Stadermann, Heinecke, gingival, gum

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Smoking and Parkinson’s disease in twins | C. M. Tanner, MD, PhD;, S. M. Goldman, MD, MPH;, D. A. Aston, VMD, MPH;, R. Ottman, PhD;, J. Ellenberg, PhD;, R. Mayeux, MSc, MD; and J. W. Langston, MD
Article Published: 2002

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Type: Case-Control
Significance: Statistically Significant Negative

Published By: Neurology 2002;58:581-588

Keywords: Tanner, Goldman, Aston, Ottman, Ellenberg, Mayeux, Langston, Parkinson, therapeutic

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Risk Factors for Classical Kaposi’s Sarcoma | James J. Goedert, Francesco Vitale, Carmela Lauria, Diego Serraino, Mario Tamburini, Maurizio Montella, Angelo Messina, Elizabeth E. Brown, Giovanni Rezza, Lorenzo Gafa`, Nino Romano
Article Published: 2002

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Risk: RR = 0.81
Type: Case-Control
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Significance: Statistically Significant Negative

Published By: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 22, November 20, 2002

Keywords: kaposi, sarcoma, skin, cancer

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Does tobacco smoke prevent atopic disorders? A study of two generations of Swedish residents | Hjern A, Hedberg A, Haglund B, Rosén M.
Article Published: 2001

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Risk: RR = 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.9
Type: Cross Sectional
Funding Source: Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Significance: Statistically Significant Negative

Published By: Clin Exp Allergy. 2001 Jun;31(6):908-14

Keywords: Hjern, Hedberg, Haglund, Rosén, atopic,

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Impact of Smoking on Clinical and Angiographic Restenosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Another Smoker’s Paradox? | David J. Cohen, MD, MSc; Michel Doucet, MD;; Donald E. Cutlip, MD; Kalon K.L. Ho, MD, MSc; Jeffrey J. Popma, MD; Richard E. Kuntz, MD, MSc
Article Published: 2001

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Risk: 0.67; 95% CI, 0.48 to 0.93; P 0.017
Type: Population
Funding Source: Dr Cohen was supported in part by a Clinician-Scientist Award from the American Heart Association. Dr Doucet was supported by the Fondation de Cardiologie de l’Hopital Saint-Luc.
Significance: Statistically Significant Negative

Published By: Circulation. 2001;104:773

Keywords: Cohen, Doucet, Cutlip, Ho, Popma, Kuntz, angiography, restenosis

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