The same cannot be said about cigarettes, which have no positive or redeeming qualities, except for filling the pockets of their corporate investors.

Actually, nicotine assists in memory and learning, and can also result in benefit for parkinsons and alzheimers patients, and those with ADD/ADHD as well as other similar neurological issues. It can, however, also be acquired without inhaling the carcinogenic and toxic smoke of a cigarette, through transdermal patches or lozenges, for example.

 

http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2013.00060/full

http://www.uvm.edu/~cnru/?Page=studies/nicotine.php

http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/09/nicotine-patch-may-improve-memory/

Actually, nicotine assists in memory and learning, and can also result in benefit for parkinsons and alzheimers patients, and those with ADD/ADHD as well as other similar neurological issues. It can, however, also be acquired without inhaling the carcinogenic and toxic smoke of a cigarette, through transdermal patches or lozenges, for example.

 

http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2013.00060/full

http://www.uvm.edu/~cnru/?Page=studies/nicotine.php

http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/09/nicotine-patch-may-improve-memory/as

Isn't it interesting that we can find positive benefits for what are generally considered harmful - if only we look - as you have done here? Seeing what we want to see and ignoring the rest is so easy to fall victim to isn't it?

Not so fast on the conclusions. Among other issues,

• Information on food intake was only collected for one 24-hour period, and this may not be representative of what people ate over time. Most people (93%) reported that it was typical of their diet at the time, but this may have changed over the 18 years of follow up.
• The researchers took into account some factors that could affect results, but not others, such as physical activity.

 

 

 

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/03March/Pages/high-protein-diet-may-be-harmful-for-middle-aged.aspx

Not so fast on the conclusions. Among other issues,

 

 

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/03March/Pages/high-protein-diet-may-be-harmful-for-middle-aged.aspx

My point was not to the study itself but cognitive bias in general.

My point was not to the study itself but cognitive bias in general.

 

I wasn't addressing you, but the topic of the OP.

 

I wasn't addressing you, but the topic of the OP.

Oh Ok. Sorry.