By: Michael J. McFadden

Michael J. McFadden — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:09:03 +0000

The case of Dana Reeve is a good one for Free Choice folks to examine. Antismokers almost universally refer to her death as being caused by “years of working in smoke-filled night clubs.” But here’s her work bio from Wiki:

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Her many singing and acting credits included appearances on television, where she had guest roles on Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, soap operas All My Children as Eva Stroupe and Loving, among others. She performed at theatres on Broadway, off-Broadway, and at numerous regional theatres. Reeve also did a long-running commercial for Tide laundry detergent that aired during the 1990s. In 2000, she co-hosted a live daily talk show for women on the Lifetime Network with Deborah Roberts called Lifetime Live and also wrote a brief column for the defunct AccessLife.com …. ”

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Do you see anything about “years of singing in smoky nightclubs” in there? And yet Pat McKone, senior director of the American Lung Association’s Tobacco Control division came out THE DAY AFTER SHE DIED and said, “Dana Reeve was not a smoker, but she did spend many years of her singing career in smoke filled nightclubs.” and the propaganda myth was born amid headlines like “Reeve Death Highlights Smoke Risk.”

Even if she HAD spent “years of singing in smoky nightclubs” the claim would be false: According to the EPA Report that is usually used here in the States as the “Bible” of the Antismokers for such claims, spending a lifetime living or working with smokers only results in raising one’s risk of lung cancer from about four in a thousand to about five in a thousand … the famous “19% increase.”

Antismokers love to use emotive imagery playing upon our love for our heroes and our love for our children to manipulate our feelings and attitudes toward smoking. And the Dana Reeve case is a perfect example.

– MJM

By: Dave Copeland

Dave Copeland — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:16:41 +0000

“Second hand smoke may be an irritant and an annoyance, but it’s not a cause of death. There are no body bags filled with those who have developed tumors or heart disease as a result of second-hand smoke. The body bags are filled, however, with scientists and physicians who dare go against the anti-smoking lobby and state the obvious—the science isn’t there. As much as they want to ban all smoking in all places, the health risk is grossly overstated. Whenever someone dies of lung cancer, such as Diane Reeves, the late wife of Christopher Reeves, the anti-smoking lobby uses the news as a media circus. They want to relate the unfortunate death to something… even if such a relationship has no basis in solid scientific research.”

Dr Terry Simpson MD, Scientist, Surgeon.

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