Considering Spiral CT Scans to Detect Lung Cancer
This seems almost a perfunctory post, following last week’s front-page news about computerized tomography (CT) scans to detect lung cancer in smokers. An NIH-funded randomized trial, reported early in...
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Doctors Enjoy Smoking Camels, in an Old Cigarette Ad
A new Twitter follow led me to LongartsZwolle, a blog by a pulmonologist in the Netherlands. A February 1 post needs no translation: More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette The clip is said,...
View ArticlePresident Obama Talks About Smoking and Tobacco
Today’s ML comes straight from the Oval Office. President Obama talks about smoking, and how hard it is to stop, and what can be done to reduce the use and long-term health consequences of tobacco....
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Another Take on Not Smoking, the Law and Tolerance
The New Yorker published a story this week, on smoking, that caught my attention. It’s by none other than F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author died in 1940 at the age of 44, after a ruinous period of...
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