Re: Homemade cigarettes reduce cancer rates in China -- according to China Study.

[Guest guest]

Where did you FIND this??

Do you have a link??

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:18 PM, jrrjim <jim.mcelroy10@...> wrote:

> This is a crack-up, and shows that you can do just about anything with

> statistics. This was apparantly in the data set that was used to say

> that dairy caused cancer in the China Study:

>

> " The only statistically significant association between intake of a

> macronutrient and cancer mortality was a large protective effect of

> total oil and fat intake as measured on the questionnaire. As an

> interesting aside, there was a highly significant negative correlation

> between cancer mortality and home-made cigarettes! "

>

> So -- smoke " roll your owns " and eat lots of fat!!!

>

> YOW

[Guest guest]

http://www.westonaprice.org/bookreviews/chinastudy.html

>

> > This is a crack-up, and shows that you can do just about

anything with

> > statistics. This was apparantly in the data set that was used to

say

> > that dairy caused cancer in the China Study:

> >

> > " The only statistically significant association between intake of

a

> > macronutrient and cancer mortality was a large protective effect

of

> > total oil and fat intake as measured on the questionnaire. As an

> > interesting aside, there was a highly significant negative

correlation

> > between cancer mortality and home-made cigarettes! "

> >

> > So -- smoke " roll your owns " and eat lots of fat!!!

> >

> > YOW

>

[Guest guest]

The whole question of tobacco and cancer is VERY interesting - some people argue

convincingly that before 'golden Virginia tobacco' was introduced (in the 1920s)

(actually golden Virginia is normal tobacco (which has a dark green leaf) that

has been grown with superphosphates - and the yellow leaf is a sign of

ill-health in the tobacco plant - tobacco didn't cause lung cancer. Certainly

the ns smoked their pipes and cheroots and whatever - and the air

quality of industrial cities was foul - but the lung cancer figures were very

low. All cancer figures were very low - despite 'bad' diets.Actually their diets

were probably very good compared with ours - in terms of organic mineral

content. So that supports the view of some that taking an ocean mineral

supplement is absolutely essential for good health.

Back to tobacco - a friend of mine told me of a visit to Andorra some 40 years

ago - he met an old woman who smoked like a chimney - but she refused the

cigarette he offered her (blond tobacco) saying it was unhealthy - not so her

black tobacco roll up.

So there you are.

Chamberlain

www.fightingcancer.com

From: jrrjim <jim.mcelroy10@...>

Subject: [ ] Homemade cigarettes reduce cancer rates in China --

according to China Study.

Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 11:18 PM

This is a crack-up, and shows that you can do just about anything

with

statistics. This was apparantly in the data set that was used to say

that dairy caused cancer in the China Study:

" The only statistically significant association between intake of a

macronutrient and cancer mortality was a large protective effect of

total oil and fat intake as measured on the questionnaire. As an

interesting aside, there was a highly significant negative correlation

between cancer mortality and home-made cigarettes! "

So -- smoke " roll your owns " and eat lots of fat!!!

YOW

[Guest guest]

Modern cigarettes do contain unlabeled " proprietary "

ingredients. Hundreds of chemicals have been approved for use even

though they are untested. Not one has ever been added for your

health. The modern tobacco companies have produced varieties of

tobacco that are much higher in tars (for flavor) and nicotine (for

addiction).

There are many free spirits and rationalists who have romanticized

smoking such that they have convinced themselves that by using an

organically grown tobacco without additives they are doing themselves

a service. I would like to show these people a lung gummed up with

tarry goop from tobacco smoking. Not one of these smokers can make

their mouths say: " That's a dandy looking lung -- I'd sure like that in me ! "

[Guest guest]

Nicotine is extremely addictive for many people, myself included.

People with depression and/or other mental disorders are especially

prone to nicotine addiction.

If one browses the web for articles on nicotine and cancer, one will

find many articles saying that nicotine itself is relatively harmless,

and that it is the other substances in tobacco that cause most of the

problems. However, dig a little harder and you will find scientific

papers that prove that nicotine fuels tumor growth. So if you have

been diagnosed with cancer, even nicotine gum is a big no-no. I guess

if you need to quit smoking, gum for 6 weeks to get off the smokes, and

then maybe the patch for a few weeks to get off the gum, is better than

keeping smoking.

But even after the physical addiction is gone, there is a huge

psychological addiction for many people that may linger for years.

>

> Modern cigarettes do contain unlabeled " proprietary "

> ingredients. Hundreds of chemicals have been approved for use even

> though they are untested. Not one has ever been added for your

> health. The modern tobacco companies have produced varieties of

> tobacco that are much higher in tars (for flavor) and nicotine (for

> addiction).

>

> There are many free spirits and rationalists who have romanticized

> smoking such that they have convinced themselves that by using an

> organically grown tobacco without additives they are doing themselves

> a service. I would like to show these people a lung gummed up with

> tarry goop from tobacco smoking. Not one of these smokers can make

> their mouths say: " That's a dandy looking lung -- I'd sure like that

in me ! "

>

>

>