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post Fri 6th November 2009, 3:52am
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post Wed 11th November 2009, 11:43pm
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You'll get no argument from me. I've never smoked, but my wife does and she's a professional pharmacologist, with a PhD. She's often pointed that there's actually no very convincing study on the harmful effects of smoking. Or even, come to that, any bad effects from driving after having consumed a moderate amount of alcohol. In fact some studies seem to suggest that it's actually beneficial. Or so I'm led to believe.

I'm always amused, btw, seeing a 1930s/40s film in which someone visits a doctor. Inevitably the doctor will offer his patient a cigarette.

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QUOTE(Malleus @ Wed 11th November 2009, 6:43pm) *

You'll get no argument from me. I've never smoked, but my wife does and she's a professional pharmacologist, with a PhD. She's often pointed that there's actually no very convincing study on the harmful effects of smoking.

I'm not known for name-calling, but this is blithering idiocy.
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Coffee   Ottava leaves Wikipedia   Fri 6th November 2009, 3:52am
A Horse With No Name   "I am gone. I don't know when I will be b...   Fri 6th November 2009, 4:44am
everyking   I recommend a technical measure to ensure that he ...   Fri 6th November 2009, 4:59am
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Jon Awbrey   For a project that supposedly encompasses 10.5 mi...   Fri 6th November 2009, 2:04pm
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Jon Awbrey   [b][i]breathing room Godwin strikes again … ...   Fri 6th November 2009, 10:08pm
Wiki Witch of the West   [quote name='Wiki Witch of the West' post='203237...   Fri 6th November 2009, 11:02pm
everyking   If he ever did this before I don't remember i...   Sat 7th November 2009, 6:09am
Malleus   [quote name='Wiki Witch of the West' post='203237...   Sat 7th November 2009, 6:42am
Kelly Martin   How "persistent and severe" do your own ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 2:40pm
Malleus   How "persistent and severe" do your own...   Sun 8th November 2009, 4:02am
Kelly Martin   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='203332' date='Sat...   Sun 8th November 2009, 5:02am
Malleus   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='203332' date='Sa...   Sun 8th November 2009, 5:12am
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Coffee   My money is on the theory that he's already r...   Sat 7th November 2009, 1:38am
Viridae   If he ever did this before I don't remember ...   Sun 8th November 2009, 1:25am
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everyking   Since Ottava isn't really gone, the ArbCom sho...   Mon 9th November 2009, 7:30am
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everyking   Case now open. An absolute humdinger of a piece o...   Tue 10th November 2009, 2:13am
Malleus   [quote name='Eva Destruction' post='203780' date=...   Tue 10th November 2009, 2:18am
Somey   Most people are certified "crazy" by a q...   Tue 10th November 2009, 2:48am
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Somey   So you're a qualified psychiatrist too. Fair e...   Tue 10th November 2009, 3:31am
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