Bertrand Dautzenberg & Jean-Yves Nau Plagiarism Cancer. Its FARES Reaching Metastases in Belgium, Harbingers of Antismoking Totalitarianism

 English summary from the Knol wire:

“Bertrand Dautzenberg, president OFT (Office Français du Tabagisme, French national antismoking authority) and Jean-Yves Nau (journalist with French daily newspaper Le Monde) are known for having plagiarised, among others, a comprehensive academic book on hookah (narghile, shisha) smoking. Interestingly, their « masterpiece » also happened to be the most important fraud in the history of tobacco research. This is not the end of the story as Belgian researchers and friends of these individuals (FARES organisation chaired by Jean Paul Van Vooren; and Pierre NYS in particular) have further published two official documents desperately aiming at restoring the standard and reputation of the plagiarists’ “”book””. We have named metaplagiarism and meta-fraud such a venture which may also be viewed as metastases of an emerging totalitarianism in the scientific and public health fields (antismoking)”.

RELEVANT

Angela Merkel’s Defense Minister (Germany) Karl-Theodor zu GUTTENBERG Plagiarized his Doctoral Dissertation

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/03/20113110232871501.html

French summary from the same Knol wire:

« Comment un plagiat commis en France - par Bertrand DAUTZENBERG, président de l’OFT (Office Français du Tabagisme) et Jean-Yves NAU, journaliste au journal Le Monde) et doublé de la plus grande imposture de l’histoire de la recherche sur le tabac- vient de faire l’objet, en Belgique, d’une tentative de réhabilitation effarante de la part du FARES (Fonds des Affections Respiratoires) et de Pierre NYS, médecin tabacologue de Bruxelles en personne. Nous sommes ici en présence de ce que nous qualifions de métaplagiat et méta-imposture, métastases d’un totalitarisme en germe dans le domaine scientifique et de la santé publique (anti-tabagisme). »

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Patrick Plagiat d’Arvor, Bertrand et Jean-Yves. Le plagiat , cette habitude bien française…

[NOTE (APOLOGY!), added later: sorry, the posting of this article is the result of a technical error. This site having an English and French side, we actually took one for the other (as the famous ««waterpipe»»™  experts do when they take in their "peer-reviewed" rocket studies one shisha smoking product for the other....). Indeed, we are sincere. In general,  returning readers will have noted that when we feel that a French article may be of interest to an English-speaking audience, we immediately provide the link together with an English summary. We are  not sure in this case. We have therefore decided to  leave it as it is. Interested readers can use, if needed, the Google Translate tool in the lef-hand column of this site. 

The title reads (for those who want to know): "Plagiarism by Patrick Poivre d’Arvor (a famous newsreader on Channel Two  "France 2", France) in « his » biography of Ernest Hemingway. The article argues that with the plagiarized (Kamal)'s scientific books and articles on hookah smoking by Bertrand Dautzenberg (president Office Francais du Tabagisme, sort of French "Action on Smoking and Health") and Jean-Yves Nau (another journalist with Le Monde (!), a national newspaper in France),  PLAGIARISM SEEMS TO BE A GOOD OLD INGRAINED HABIT IN  FRANCE !]

Le plagiat commis par Patrick Poivre d’Arvor (« sa » biographie du grand écrivain Ernest Hemingway) ett révélé par Jérôme Dupuis dans l’Express est frappant par la similarité de la technique (comme les mythes, elle semble être universelle...) avec un autre plagiat dont nous avons parlé sur ce site : celui de Bertrand Dautzenberg (président de l’OFT, Office Français du Tabagisme) et Jean-Yves Nau, journaliste des pages médicales au journal Le Monde:

 

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express): « Il est plutôt rare, en matière de biographie, que le nom de l'auteur figure en caractères plus visibles que celui du "portraituré". C'est pourtant l'honneur fait à Patrick Poivre d'Arvor pour la volumineuse biographie (414 pages) de Hemingway, qu'il publie, le 19 janvier, à l'occasion du cinquantenaire de la mort de l'écrivain américain, disparu en 1961. »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : Le « livre » de Bertrand Dautzenberg et Jean-Yves Nau est, lui, préfacé par l’auteur lui-même ! Quant à l’honneur, ces auteurs ont publié leur forfait moins de 2 mois (juin 2007) après celui de Kamal (mars 2007) ! Voir les références plus loin.

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express): « Les "emprunts" opérés par le journaliste-écrivain sont manifestes, massifs, et comme portés par un étonnant sentiment d'impunité. »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : idem. Surtout quand on occupe avec ses troupes le Ministère de la Santé de la République Française et que votre acolyte se charge de vous offrir des tribunes dans le plus « grand » quotidien national.

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express): « Selon notre enquête, ce sont près de 100 pages de son Hemingway, la vie jusqu'à l'excès qui sont directement inspirées de l'ouvrage de Griffin, sans qu'aucuns guillemets le signalent. Des dizaines et des dizaines de paragraphes s'apparentent à des "copier-coller", souvent grossièrement maquillés par des inversions de phrases ou l'usage effréné de synonymes (voir fac-similés). »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : voir le Tableau comparatif partiel établi par Kamal.

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express): « On s'amusera de voir le "lait condensé" de Griffin devenir du "lait concentré" sous la plume de PPDA, un "maréchal-ferrant" se transformer en "forgeron" et l'"opulente chevelure auburn ramassée en chignon" de la future épouse de Hemingway se muer en "beaux cheveux auburn ramenés en chignon"... Mais on pourrait citer des centaines d'autres exemples. »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : idem. La « technique » est toujours la même.

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express): « En revanche, c'est en vain qu'on y chercherait le livre de Peter Griffin... Ce dernier n'est cité que dans les notes, à la fin du volume, à une quinzaine de reprises, noyées au milieu de centaines de références, mais uniquement pour des extraits de lettres que PPDA y aurait glanés... »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : Les livres ou la thèse de doctoral de Kamal ne sont même pas cités. La filouterie est encore plus aigue. Bertrand Dautzenberg ayant été censeur (« relecteur ») d’articles proposés à deux revues médicales par Kamal. Après leur mise au pilori, le plagaire les a ensuite pillés intellectuellement. Bertand Dautzenberg et Jean-Yves Nau sont allés encore plus loin en diffamant Kamal (ailleurs que dans leur « bibliographie », cela va de soi).

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express): « Un mot, au passage, sur cette bibliographie. Sous ses apparences pseudo-universitaires, cette longue liste n'est qu'un leurre. »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : Le « livre » de Bertand Dautzenberg et Jean-Yves Nau, encensé par la grande majorité des « grands » médias français. Deux poids deux mesures ? Le plagiat s’est aussi avéré par la plus grande imposture de la recherche sur le tabac (les auteurs vont jusqu’à confondre une étude sur des barbecues avec une étude sur le narguilé…)

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express): « Mais qui est ce Griffin ? Un défricheur passionné. Après une thèse consacrée à l'auteur de Paris est une fête, cet Américain avait travaillé des années à son grand oeuvre sur Hemingway. »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : Eh oui, faire une thèse de doctorat (comme Kamal) est très risqué et peu recommandable à présent…   

Jérôme Dupuis (L’Express) : « Alors les "remerciements" de PPDA cacheraient-ils autre chose ? Bernard Marck aurait-il un peu "aidé" l'ex-présentateur du 20 Heures pour ce Hemingway? Et lui ou un autre "collaborateur" aurait-il pillé le Griffin, sans le signaler à PPDA ? »

Observatoire Narguilé ou Santé : Kamal a montré que le plagiat de Bertand Dautzenberg et Jean-Yves Nau est en fait un plagiat collectif qui inclut d’autres noms: entre autres, des « assistants » émargeant à l’Office Français du Tabagisme et d’autres organisations antifumeurs.

Etc., etc.

CONCLUSIONS

Tirez vos propres conclusions. N’y a-t-il pas une criante hypocrisie, un « Deux poids deux mesures » ? Ces mêmes « grands » médias français avaient donné à l’époque des tribunes à des plagiaires (dont l’un, Jean-Yves Nau était journaliste au journal Le Monde) parce qu’ils mobilisaient les troupes pour une croisade antifumeurs (voir ci-dessous l’article de Nos Libertés) dont nous pouvons, à deux années d'intervalle, juger de l'intelligence. Ces "grans médias" ne se sont jamais excusés.

COMPLEMENTES D'INFORMATION ET ARTICLES  EN RAPPORT ETROIT

1) Kamal (dans une revue médicale en italien et en anglais): An open letter against plagiarism and plagiarists. Tabaccologia 2009; 1: 46-7 [English and Italian]

2) Tableau comparatif partiel du plagiat de Bertrand Dautzenberg et Jean-Yves Nau 

3) Editorial (revue médicale en italien et en anglais): Plagiarism in biomedical sciences: a bad habit that needs to be rooted out [Il plagio in campo medico-scientifico: un malcostumbre da estirpare]. Tabaccologia 2009;4:5-7.

4) Article de Jérôme Dupuis dans l’Express, dénonçant le plagiat de Patrick Poivre d’Arvor

5) «Nos Libertés»: Bertrand Dautzenberg nous protège des multinationales du tabac

                                                                                       

                                            Images: L’Express (article sur le plagiat) et Nos Libertés (article sur Bertrand Dautzenberg)

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Bertrand Dautzenberg, France’s Top Antismoking Expert (and also a Renowned Plagiarist) Co-Authors Study on «Third-Hand Smoke»

It is well known that antismoking researchers do not hesitate to rely on gross exaggerations, lies and manipulations of statistical data (numerous examples in Table of Contents) with the objective of touting or speeding up bans on smoking (Prohibition) In the United Kingdom, many will remember that the best example is given by ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) who, a few weeks before the national ban (July 2007), disseminated a communique based on an interview with two major «« waterpipe »»™ antismoking experts : Wasim Maziak and Alan Shihadeh

>> ASH (Action on Smoking and Health). ““Shisha 200 times worse than a cigarette” say Middle East experts””. 27 March 2007 (prepared by Martin Dockrell)(accessed 13 June, 2008)

Sub-heading: “Three leading experts from across the Middle East have warned that excluding “shisha bars” when England goes smokefree on July 1 could worsen the grave inequalities in health that already affect ethnic minorities.”

In France, before our summer holidays humm...., Bertrand Dautzenberg, plagiarist and president of the national antismoking agency “OFT” (Office Français du Tabagisme)[sort of French ASH], came up with a new study he has co-authored:

Becquemin MH, Bertholon JF, Bentayeb M, Attoui M, Ledur D, Roy F, Roy M, Annesi-Maesano I, Dautzenberg B. Third-hand smoking: indoor measurements of concentration and sizes of cigarette smoke particles after resuspension. Tob Control. 2010 Aug;19(4):347-8.

« What this paper adds » (according to the Tobacco Kontrol journal, not us !) Guess what ?

>> « This study is the first to investigate the hypothesised resuspension of deposited particles of tobacco smoke (‘thirdhand smoke’) » !

Third-Hand Smoke was first “discovered” by tobacco experts investigating cigarettes. So far, no ««waterpipe »» expert has mentioned Shisha Third Hand Smoke, so we’ll refrain from commenting in a field that is not ours. We give below two sources that will be enough for those who wish to undertstand at least what it is about. For information though, First-hand smoke is the one inhaled by the cigarette smoker. Second-hand smoke, the side one (the one that goes up in the air between two puffs).

>> Kabat G. Is “Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke” a Valid Scientific Concept or a Public Relations Gimmick ? The Columbia University Press Blog 2009 (09 January)

This issue is of importance as it appears that hundreds of thousands of dollars will be spent to fight it...

>> Siegel M. California Taxpayers to Spend a Quarter Million Dollars Studying Effects of Thirdhand Smoke Dust on Skin. The Rest of the Story - Monday, August 09, 2010

OTHER RELEVANT READINGS

Concerning Bertrand Dautzenberg and plagiarism:

A recent supporting editorial by the Editors of Tabaccologia, a peer-reviewed biomedical journal about tobacco smoking:

>> Editors : Plagiarism in biomedical sciences: a bad habit that needs to be rooted out [Il plagio in campo medico-scientifico: un malcostumbre da estirpare]. Tabaccologia 2009;4:5-7 [English and Italian].

>> Plagiarism in tobacco research (by Kamal)

>> An open letter against plagiarism and plagiarists. Tabaccologia 2009; 1: 46-7 (by Kamal)

>> Editions Margaux-Orange (Paris) funded by Big Pharma, and publishing plagiarism:

Bertrand Dautzenberg and Jean-Yves Nau: Tout ce que vous ne savez pas sur la chicha . Paris, Margaux-Orange/OFT (Office Français du Tabagisme), 2007.

Image: Courtesy of Mimifrou

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Plagiarism and Flavors. Bertrand DAUTZENBERG, President OFT, Comes Back with a New Definition for Shisha: a ““War to Tobacco” Tobacco Product" !

From our correspondent attending the Berlin 2008 Congress of the European Respiratory Society:

Bertrand DAUTZENBERG and his team (Candice PENFORMIS, Pierre BIRKUI, Jacqueline RUBAL, and Marie-Dominique DAUTZENBERG, affiliated to ACTIF (Alliance Contre le Tabac en Ile de France) and/or PST (Paris Sans Tabac), will be presenting, on October 7, 2008, an abstract or poster titled :

“Water pipe and perfumed colour cigarettes: the new mode of initiation of smoking in Paris area teenagers”

QUOTEWORTHY: “If 8/10 of teenagers planned to quit regular cigarettes only 1/10 of perfumed cigarettes and water pipe users plan to quit these “war to tobacco” tobacco products. They consider to often these tobaccos as soft and safe.”

Full abstract of this new “study” here

We, at the Observatory on Hookah or Health, are proud to announce that we have stopped the Ban planned against Hookah Lounges in France thanks to our debunking of the "supporting evidence": HOOKAH “PASSIVE SMOKING” is HUGE SCIENTIFIC FRAUD [EN][FR].
We are ready to provide free consultancies to all cafe owners of the world. We are still standing here and more committed than never before to expose junk science, camouflaged conflicts of interests, propaganda, plagiarism, be it in French or in any other language.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Bertrand DAUTZENBERG (President OFT) and his friend Jean-Yves NAU (journalist with Le Monde) were recently harshly criticised by Véronique MAURUS, the “Mediatrice” (Ombuds(wo)man) of the French national newspaper Le Monde in a rare paper titled: Le fléau du tabac (Sept 27, 2008) ENGLISH VERSION HERE

FOR MEMORY (from The watchful-eyed Scaring Narghile)

Bertrand DAUTZENBERG and Jean-Yves NAU are authors of a « book » titled "Tout ce que vous ne savez pas sur la chicha", Paris, Ed. Margaux-Orange). They are respectively Chairman of OFT (Office Français du Tabagisme) and columnist in Le Monde daily newspaper.

Both are physicians and have actually pirated (or plagiarized, according to definitions) our friend’s own writings and publications (including materials censored by the two scientific pirates, themselves !).

DETAILS ON THIS DIRTY STORY (a lawsuit is likely to be prepared. An exhaustive complete comparative table (between the pirated materials and the original source) will be published soon on this site and others: Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2

“Plagiarism is globally recognised as a serious academic offence” (The Lancet)

NOTE: The “book”, apart from being an intellectual piracy (plagiarism) of a huge amount of scientific literature, contains countless errors and is therefore the greatest scientific fraud of the history of research on tobacco.

It was actually prepared by a crowd of experts. Just to mention a few of them, it is said that the OFT’s team members [free transl.]: particularly Joseph OSMAN, Pascale SOMMERA, Maria OELCHANIDIS and Lalla TRAOREL , have been major actors in the «chicha» (shisha, narghile, hookah) project… (pages VII et VIII).

Therefore, it is a collective institutional piracy.

In this masterpiece, you will also learn how these "experts" take a Shish-Kebab for a Shisha (page 30-31)... and warn you that "The great risk is that shisha, progressively, take the place of cigarettes" (page 58 of their book. A sentence put in bold characters by the authors themselves)... A "great risk" for whom ?


Note: The plagiarized book was cited in a recent study: Prignot JJ, Sasco AJ, Poulet E, Gupta PC, Aditama TY. Alternative forms of tobacco use. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008 Jul;12(7):718-27

Since some of the co-authors (not all) were AWARE of this academic offence by their colleague, an official complaint was filed. You will be informed of its outcome.

Oh la la la France encore !! (no, it is from Germany this time, Geneviève !)

[note: backdated article]

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A New Apprentice-Plagiarist on Stage: Tobaccologist Patrick LOUICHE

Thanks to the declared war on the "Peace Pipe", waged in the wake of 11 September 2001 (Read: “An Enemy at Last” by Ignacio Ramonet), French Tobaccology has definitely become a promising market for many:

READ full story about new intellectual piracy in Voltaire’s country:
Un nouvel apprenti-plagiaire en scène: le tabacologue Patrick LOUICHE

“Plagiarism is globally recognised as a serious academic offence” (The Lancet)

Image : Courtesy of Les crados

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Recent Book by French Scholar Pr DAUTZENBERG and French Journalist J.-Y. NAU Would be Intellectual Piracy According to Specialist

Independent Researcher (our friend) in this field confirmed that Pr Bertrand DAUTZENBERG and Jean-Yves NAU's book ("Tout ce que vous ne savez pas sur la chicha"), respectively Chairman of OFT (Office Français du Tabagisme) and columnist in Le Monde daily newspaper, have actually pirated (or plagiarized according to existing definitions) his own writings and publications (including materials censored by them, themselves).

[Added March 2009: IN A HURRY ? Have a look at the First Comparative Table HERE )]


NOTE: The book was actually prepared by a crowd of experts. Just to mention a few of them, it is said that the OFT’s team members [free transl.]: particularly Joseph Osman, Pascale Sommera, Maria Oelchanidis and Lalla Traore, have been major actors in the «chicha» (shisha, narghile, hookah) project… (pages VII et VIII)

The book would be libellous to the highest point (as far as the dignity of the researcher is concerned) and full of very serious scientific errors (e.g., page 30-31: Shish-Kebab is taken for Shisha... When will the turn of Sushis come ?... tables with wrong figures, etc.). It wouldn't be clear, also, whether or not its authors actually call for an open political conflict with the owners of hookah lounges and hookah users in France. Also, these "experts" warn that "The great risk is that shisha, progressively, take the place of cigarettes" (page 58 of their book. A sentence put in bold characters by the authors themselves)... A "great risk" for whom... ?

Same source said the scientist has prepared a 20 page document, is presently demanding redress and the withdrawal of the book from all bookshops. He has also written to the Home Office Secretary and to the Public Health Minister. See HERE

Picture: courtesy of the University of New South Wales

Related story: «Tout ce que vous ne savez pas sur la chicha» (Bertrand DAUTZENBERG et Jean-Yves NAU)

NOTE (about the No-Carbon Monoxide Hookah (narghile, shisha), called SHISH'ART in the market). We have to say a few words about it because it is behind all the recent attacks against our friend . So let's remind everybody that he worked with enthusiam on the prototype. He left the (certainly commercial but, above all, harm reduction-oriented) project before the product was commercialised. So, let's make it clear for everybody: he signed away his rights (official relinquishment) related to the patent on June 15, 2005.

The French "experts de la chicha", who insist a lot on CO (Carbon Monoxide) intoxication, actually describe this device in their book (page 11). However, they conclude that there is no evidence that it would be safer than any other charcoal-fuelled shisha", keeping strangely silent on the CO levels they have measured, for sure.... Is this science ? MORE DETAILS HERE

OH LA LA, LA FRANCE ............! Chaud Crâne Kamal !


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«Tout ce que vous ne savez pas sur la chicha» (Bertrand DAUTZENBERG et Jean-Yves NAU)

[Added March 2009: IN A HURRY ? Have a look at the First Comparative Table HERE )]

READ in Voltaire's Language a few first comments on a new book (yes, a book !):

«Tout ce que vous ne savez pas sur la chicha» (Bertrand DAUTZENBERG et Jean-Yves NAU)

This important scientific publication REVEALS how in France:

1 Hookah Equals ONLY 2 packs of cigarettes (you're dead !)

while (cant' you remember, folks!) in the USA and the Middle East, it is scientifically established by the WHO (World Health Organization) experts that:

1 Hookah Equals 10 Packs of Cigarettes (you were shot dead 5 times, weren't you ?)


Automatic ENGLISH: PRESS HERE

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