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Re:Bill Gates: Vaccine-autism link 'an absolute lie' by Alex3917 on Saturday February 05, 2011 @02:26PM (#2183792)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1877771

And are you really claiming that smoking cigarrettes is saving hundreds of thousands of American lives each year?

Re:Bill Gates: Vaccine-autism link 'an absolute lie' by rue on Saturday February 05, 2011 @02:36PM (#2183823)
Cigarette deaths are FDA's fault?
Re:Bill Gates: Vaccine-autism link 'an absolute lie' by Alex3917 on Saturday February 05, 2011 @03:02PM (#2183902)
Not all of them, but many of them. For example, how many cancer deaths could be avoided each year if the FDA banned the practice of spraying radioactive fertilizer on the tobacco leaves? It's thought that 90% of the cancer caused by tobacco comes from the radiation and not from the tobacco alone, which means that about 135,000 Americans are dying each year because of the FDA's malfeasance.
Re:Bill Gates: Vaccine-autism link 'an absolute lie' by ceejayoz on Saturday February 05, 2011 @04:03PM (#2184063)
> It's thought that 90% of the cancer caused by tobacco comes from the radiation and not from the tobacco alone...

Thought by whom? There are plenty of chemical carcinogens in cigarettes that are undoubtedly playing a role.