tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post4022019540653149286..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The North Carolina smoking ban/heart attack hoaxChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-77610562696379220232011-11-12T04:16:26.234+00:002011-11-12T04:16:26.234+00:00Well, by looking at that graph, it seems to me tha...Well, by looking at that graph, it seems to me that there is a sharp drop-off in heart attacks around Christmas and New Year's Day! Which can only be interpreted to mean that turkey, sherry and cigars are good for you! Hurrah!Antipholus Pappshttp://antipholus.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-63357261125235539412011-11-11T16:20:42.703+00:002011-11-11T16:20:42.703+00:00Chris, I know you asked me in a tweet about they c...Chris, I know you asked me in a tweet about they could have possibly justified this. Sorry I did not have a chance to respond -- I had a very busy week. I think you pretty well sum it up. I believe there is an interesting additional bit that I will add. It will require a full EP-ology post, rather than fitting in a comment, though, so I will put it there within the next day or two.Carl V Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01919902852457771666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-55661809082497022982011-11-10T17:38:48.851+00:002011-11-10T17:38:48.851+00:00I notice you have included Glantz's blog in yo...I notice you have included Glantz's blog in your blogs of note. He wrote something about this. I posted a comment including a link to your article. I haven't bothered looking to see whether it was published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-65286864411590461232011-11-10T15:48:37.739+00:002011-11-10T15:48:37.739+00:00.C. Heart Attack Rates Down Since Passage of Smoke....C. Heart Attack Rates Down Since Passage of Smoke-Free Law<br />For release: Immediate November 9, 2011<br />Contact: Mark Van Sciver (919) 707-5059<br /><br /><br /><br />RALEIGH – Emergency room visits by North Carolinians experiencing heart attacks have declined by 21 percent since the January 2010 start of the state’s Smoke-Free Restaurants and Bars Law. State Health Director Dr. Jeffrey Engel reported the results to the Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force this morning.<br /><br />http://www.ncdhhs.gov/pressrel/2011/2011-11-09_heart_attack_down.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-67889581100388664922011-11-10T15:47:03.243+00:002011-11-10T15:47:03.243+00:00Chris,
I just got off the phone with the N.C. dep...Chris,<br /><br />I just got off the phone with the N.C. dept of health and human services and asked if they were going to print a retraction of this junk study.......after reading them the flaws in their study and all the absurdity surrounding all the other junk studies he said we stand behind our study! I told him,you do realise how stupid this study makes you look and your dept! then the line went dead!<br /><br />HarleyriderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com