SpeakNo wrote:
Hey, try a little harder, ok? That's heresay. At least put SOME effort in your rebuttal.
Are you serious? You're kidding, right?
Peter Brimelow, the author of the screed you linked to, is a right-wing racist who is (somewhat) known for his anti-immigration, anti-minority, anti-government, and anti-multiculturism views.
Peter's claim to fame is being a senior editor at Forbes for a while back in the 90s. He's also the founder of vDare, a website advocating hatred for immigrants and minorities. vDare is the same folks who claimed after Hurricane Katrina that "the lower average IQ of African-Americans found in intelligence research correlates with 'poorer native judgment than members of better-educated groups resulting in the need for stricter moral guidance from society.' "
How do Mr. Brimelow's so-called "credentials" make him an authority on the health benefits of smoking is beyond my understanding. If I were you, I would take his claims about smoking being good for you with a tiny grain of salt.

Oh, and he wrote that article you linked to in 1994.
HTH,
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