DrBob
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This is almost always the result of who gets included/excluded in the study. Scroll all the way down to criticisms in this link and you'll see a reasonably good discussion of it. Basically smokers tend to be leaner and have crappy outcomes, sick people or those with pre-existing health issues tend to lose weight etc. Including "lean" people who have other risk factors is the entire effect.
For the record this same effect is present in the "is one drink a day good for you?" debate. If you include people who can't drink because of medication or extreme illness the alcohol use looks good. Toss all the abstainers who aren't in peak health, and alcohol use looks very bad. The results are driven entirely by the inclusion criteria.
Get this slop outta here. If you don't know you can just not say anything.
May I introduce you to The Smiths. Rusholme Ruffians and There is a Light That Never Goes Out are great examples, but really it describes most of their catalogue.
Enjoy it. Am almost 60 and would love to be 37 again.
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, "The Ken and Barbie Killers".
Another short-term decision by America could lead to more long-term loss of wealth and influence.
As was Last Vegas.
The creek is 3 feet wide in places and can dry up during dry seasons. The "lake" is 3 feet deep. The city was founded there because the governor owned land on the bald prairie, not the river valley where the fort and city already existed. Water is piped in from a lake several miles away.