Re: Social Darwinism

wf3h@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:55:37 -0700, "Glenn"
> <glennsheldon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When science tells me that
>
>>smoking is bad for me, science is telling me not to smoke.
>
>
> science tells you that smoking causes cancer. it does not say it's
> 'bad' for you.

More accurately, clinical studies have shown that smoking increases the
probability of lung cancer. Not all heavy smokers get lung cancer and
not all sufferers of lung cancer are heavy smokers or exposed to "second
hand smoke".

Bob Kolker

>

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