Our Policy of Scientific Criticism

Individuals cited in these columns are generally authors of public documents or statements (e.g.: in scientific journals or national newspapers) for which they are fully accountable. Some of them are even notorious defamers and plagiarists/counterfeiters. From the beginning, we have decided that we wanted visitors to know who are the actors involved in the “asymmetric war” (Public Health David against Anti-Tobacco Goliath; One against a Thousand) raging behind the open hookah scene.
We gave the full names of people who participated, in one way or another, in a defamation campaign at the highest level; of plagiarists/counterfeiters of the scientific work actually defended on this site (because of the ugly censorship); but also of the authors of tremendously partisan and erroneous pseudo-scientific publications that have been fuelling a huge confusion over the past years with the now well known negative impact on Public Health.When an end is officially put to such a scorched earth policy (driven by censorship, killing equations like “1 Hookah = 200 cigarettes” and the like, etc.)(1), and collaboration, at last, put on the agenda, then names will be removed, not before.

Even if the recent blitzkrieg of “new studies” bodes no good news, we remain open and optimistic. Peace on Earth would be possible again (Dec. 7, 2007).(1) “If they want a One Hundred Years’ War, I will be standing behind the scientific barricades and they may be assured that I will not know Jeanne d’Arc’s fate” (quoted from press release Dec 1, 2007).[In other words: take care of what you state in public if you wanna not see your name here and mind what you write and publish if you wanna not scientifically perish. This really is the limit now !]


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