Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan From: mcewan@uiucdcs.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: sci.med Subject: Re: AMA and Smoking Policy (abbreviated Message-ID: <31200048@uiucdcs> Date: Tue, 28-Oct-86 22:38:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.31200048 Posted: Tue Oct 28 22:38:00 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Oct-86 21:51:54 EST References: <537@aecom.UUCP> Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #R:aecom.UUCP:537:uiucdcs:31200048:000:727 Nf-From: uiucdcs.cs.uiuc.edu!mcewan Oct 28 21:38:00 1986 > [Craig Werner types in an article giving the history of the AMA's > anti-smoking campaign.] The conclusion is obvious: the tobacco companies are right and smoking is good for you. As soon as the AMA realized this they immediately started trying to stamp out this life-sustaining substance, in order to insure continued high profits for their members. Thank you, Craig, for again confirming that conventional physicians are only interested in money, not the health of their patients. Do I really need to add: :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) ? Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "I hope you can help me... I've just been accosted by a group of space aliens wearing Elvis wigs and tennis shoes."