[ExI] Is tobacco really harmful"?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 05:06:53PM -0800, Robert Masters wrote:

> In lieu of individual replies, a general thanks for all the interesting and useful recent information on tobacco and smoking.
> 
> Here's a clearer statement of the hypothesis I'm proposing:
> 
> Tobacco is not the cause of smoking-related disease.  Instead, the cause is the chemicals added to tobacco.  Pure, additive-free tobacco is harmless.

Harmless, which is why nicotine is sometimes still used as an insecticide.
Harmless, as in carcinogenic.
 
> But NOTA BENE:  I'm not DEFENDING this hypothesis.  On the contrary, my objective is the exact opposite: I want to try to knock the hypothesis down by any means possible.  I'm looking for any and all evidence and arguments indicating that additive-free tobacco is harmful.  The next step will be to see if such evidence and arguments can stand up under scrutiny.

My hypothesis is that the Earth is flat. I'm looking for any and all 
evidence and arguments indicating that the Earth is not flat.
The next step will be to see if such evidence and arguments can 
stand up under scrutiny.

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