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REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM SIDNEY ZION
Science and Secondhand
Smoke
The Need for a Good Puff of Skepticism
By Sidney Zion
Skeptic Magazine
Vol. 13, No. 3, 2007, 20-27
For the reader's convenience, the references found on page 27 are reprinted here in clearer text and ability to activate links:
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