Talk:Tobacco smoking


Why is that table included? It is based on a single paper by Cunningham et al. All references given for the chemicals listed are primary sources (contrary to WP:MEDRS), and most only show mutagenic effects in mice, rats, or cell cultures. It's a big leap from observed mutagenic effects in animals and cell cultures to claiming these are "cancer causing chemicals". Some of the chemicals aren't classified as carcinogens by the IARC, EPA and other organisations.

Perhaps (depending on how genotoxicity is defined) these chemicals are indeed the "most genotoxic chemicals", but most readers will interpret that as "the ones that cause the most cancers" (since that is what the text also claims: "... identify the most carcinogenic compounds in cigarette smoke"), and that is by no means established medical fact. The table is more likely to confuse and misinform readers than anything else. There's no reason why Cunningham's A novel application of the Margin of Exposure approach" should figure so dominantly in the article. Unless people can provide reliable secondary or tertiary sources supporting Cunningham's ranking, the table should be removed. I notice that nitrosamines otoh aren't even mentioned in the article... Prevalence 02:06, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

The French inhale page redirects here but there is no mention on the page of what that is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.231.228 (talk) 02:21, 25 July 2020 (UTC)


Unfortunately, due to the large amount of uncited content this article is a long way from meeting the WP:Verifiability criterion of good articles, and therefore is eligible for quick-fail. The nominator does not appear to be a major contributor to the article. Please make sure that all content is cited to reliable sources (WP:MEDRS for biomedical information) before renominating. Thanks. buidhe 04:12, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

I propose to merge tobacco smoke into this article. It seems redundant to the topic of this page. 150.250.5.26 (talk) 01:13, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Jean Jacques Susini (' a French political figure, militant and co-founder of the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), a paramilitary organization opposing Algerian independence from France' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Susini) was an ultra-colonialist, Fascist murderer and founder of the OAS, 'meaning Secret Armed Organisation) ..... a far-right[1] French dissident paramilitary organisation during the Algerian War. The OAS carried out terrorist attacks, including bombings and assassinations, in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence from French colonial rule.[1][2] Its motto was L’Algérie est française et le restera ("Algeria is French and will remain so").(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_arm%C3%A9e_secr%C3%A8te ).