RE: Radon vs. LNT - the Chase/Smoking

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

>It's off topic, but just to illustrate the difficulties of proving
>anything one way or the other with epidemiology, I'd like to mention the 
>study by Hans Eysenk, the controversial psychologist.
>
>	He produced a study that showed it isn't smoking in itself which is the 
>major risk factor with lung cancer, it's the personality of smokers.
>It's the personality which is the primary risk factor, which has a
>cross-correlation with being addicted to smoking, and being an 'addictive 
>personality' generally.
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It was shown about 30 years ago by Prof. Lars Friberg and others (Karolinska 
Institutet, Stockholm) that smokers have a lifestyle that includes a number 
of other factors that also contribute to bad health.

Bjorn Cedervall  bcradsafers@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/

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