Sounds like revisionism of the same kind of thinking that maintains the Holocaust never happened. Just because it's got a website don't mean its true.

There are plenty of knaves, fools, and con-artists who have PHD after their names. Not for nothing is it known as: "Piled Higher'n Deeper."

Cigarettes were referred to as 'coffin-nails' well before the Surgeon General got involved. Cigarette smoke is full of many chemical compounds and one of the most heavily researched items in medical history. I believe that in addition to the smoke, nicotine is involved. Chewing tobacco and pipe smoking are both associated with mouth and lip cancer.

Oh, and I checked out that web article referenced in the first message. The guy running it appears to be a fruit-loop.