tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post383376461506295364..comments2023-08-27T13:04:51.898+01:00Comments on Freedom-2-Choose (Scotland): Claims looming for passive smoke exposure in Scottish prisonsBelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16284836559314332001noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-44511131337311596702011-01-30T17:24:30.717+01:002011-01-30T17:24:30.717+01:00They might also want to do something about the non...They might also want to do something about the non-smokering prisoners diet.<br /><br />I'm sure that they would want to avoid any dubious claims.<br /><br /><br />"Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae), predominantly in tobacco, and in lower quantities in tomato, potato, eggplant (aubergine), and green pepper."<br />http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/n/nicotine.htm<br /><br /><br />1992<br />Method for Cotinine Analysis, which Indicates Amount of Smoke Exposure<br />http://www.cdc.gov/cdc50/amazing.htm<br /><br /><br />Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke Widespread - 1996<br /><br />"Nearly 9 out of 10 non-smoking Americans are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS, or second-hand smoke), as measured by the levels of cotinine in their blood, according to a study conducted by HHS' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."<br /><br />"The presence of cotinine, a chemical the body metabolizes from nicotine, is documentation that a person has been exposed to tobacco smoke."<br />http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/96news/nrsmoke.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-70448695207618248492011-01-30T14:56:47.477+01:002011-01-30T14:56:47.477+01:00Pay up and keep paying up for the next 40 years or...Pay up and keep paying up for the next 40 years or so,on every illness or disease that has ever been linked to tobacco, however tenuously and however incorrectly.<br /><br />http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/docs/ets/Covence.shtml<br /><br />http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20000203-00<br /><br />If they so much as query the cause of anything, even the possible risk of anything, WHO and the drugs companies will be down on them like a ton of bricks.<br />http://www.who.int/inf-pr-1999/en/pr99-04.html<br /><br />The Scottish Government accepted the verdict, before the case was even thought of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-33395072933351403872011-01-30T14:13:38.320+01:002011-01-30T14:13:38.320+01:00Scrap the Smoking Ban, ban ASH Scotland and make i...Scrap the Smoking Ban, ban ASH Scotland and make it compulsory for ALL scientists to sign a declaration of scientific integrity.<br /><br />MSPs to publicly admit they were WRONG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-25024507687319221112011-01-30T13:26:59.091+01:002011-01-30T13:26:59.091+01:00It seems the Scottish government are in a bit of a...It seems the Scottish government are in a bit of a trouble over this one, should they pay-out on nothing more than a myth ( a myth they have helped create ) or do they tell the Truth and tell the entire World that passive smoke is Not harmful after all, telling lies can be a costly business in more ways than one.What would ASH advise.<br /><br /><br />TugAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260937491645277092.post-31793964624759667162011-01-30T10:04:34.604+01:002011-01-30T10:04:34.604+01:00Di we offer our advice on the issue? Here is a pa...Di we offer our advice on the issue? Here is a paper from 2010<br /><br />http://www.crde-unati.uerj.br/renato/ingles.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com