hush, Tulsa (4/2/2009 5:41:53 AM)

Ken. Your argument about the confounding factors of multifactorial epidemiology is taken directly from a 1972 big tobacco memo known as The Roper Proposal in which big Tobacco Institue proposed "The Multi-factorial Hypothesis". The intent of which was to create "credible alternatives" to the insurmountable amount of scientific data which shows clear, convincing, causal relationship to smoking and disease.

Come on man, we have known tobacco kills people since the 1950's. Put down your Philip Morris mantra, let the smoke clear, and maybe you will see things more clearly.

Ignatz, Broken Bow (4/2/2009 7:54:57 AM)

I know Mr. Frakes, a right wing chain smoker, but a generally good conversation partner. Only man I know who has fired an AK-47. Says it is a pos. Anyway,all the big ciggie ceos have already owned up to tobacco's addicitive cancer causing agents so that's moot. Any book on the subject details other health problems. Like so many addicts, Mr. Frakes is in serious denial. He's in his 60's so probably whistling past the grave yard.

Graychin, Eucha (4/2/2009 8:30:52 AM)

Mr. Frakes, does drunk driving cause auto accidents? The proof is only statistical. Many people drive drunk and don't have accidents. Accidents happen to people who aren't drunk.

Does obesity cause heart attacks? The evidence is only statistical. Does sun exposure cause skin cancer? The evidence is only statistical.

Your argument about tobacco is the dumbest argument I have ever heard, bar none. Statistics isn't that advanced a concept. It's actually very easy to understand than many more advanced ideas, like a Copernican solar system.

Graychin, Eucha (4/2/2009 8:32:09 AM)

WHO CHOOSES THESE LETTERS FOR PUBLICATION? AND WHY?

justiceawaits, Claremore (4/2/2009 8:32:33 AM)

Just keep raising the tax on tobacco, won`t be too much longer until we will be smuggling it in from Mexico just like weed. Seriously people, did You learn nothing from Prohibition and the way it fueled organized crime?

tulsa citizen, (4/2/2009 8:44:43 AM)

Well Ken - all I can say is..... spoken like a true addict. Whatever you have to keep telling youself that smoking is okay so you can sleep at night is what people deep in addiction keep telling themselves. Sure you want a smoke after writing you piece of fiction, YOU ARE A DRUG ADDICT! I can't wait until the FDA finally regulates tobacco!!!!

droopy, wagoner (4/2/2009 9:39:17 AM)

More from the mean spirited libs. Who chooses these comments?

Eagle 4, Tulsa (4/2/2009 9:55:39 AM)

Why, the Editor of Controversy chooses these letters and articles! He has a blood pressure monitor attached to him and if the gauge does not pass 180 on the systolic the specimen is rejected as "unworthy of print." LOL

Ken, keep your delusions and your smoke rings out of my space, please.

Popeye, T-Town (4/2/2009 12:15:35 PM)

Krispy Kreme Donuts is looking for a shift leader, solving the oral fixation side to quitting; cravings should abate quickly: Quit smoking NOW / Apply Within!

fredsdad, Tulsa, OK (4/2/2009 12:22:13 PM)

Ken, you're fighting a losing battle. I no longer smoke, but did until a couple of years ago. I don't mind if people smoke, but I am very much in the minority.

You could have garnered more support had you written a letter in favor of child abuse.

Proud Muslim, Tulsa: Coolest place in the world (almost) (4/2/2009 1:14:16 PM)

Haha, Eagle, I suspect you're right.

Ken, smoking is unhealthy. It's a fact.

Ignatz, Broken Bow (4/2/2009 1:33:39 PM)

Blowing smoke in your child's face IS child abuse!

Ayo, T-Town (4/2/2009 3:34:45 PM)

I still smoke, but have cut back, and now with the new tax I think it's time to quit. That said, I had a procedure about a year ago, and saw my lungs on x-ray. I could see some damage. Also, even though I'm quite healthy, I can still feel some damage to my respiratory system. If I quit now I think much of that will be repaired over time, but I still may not be able to avoid lung CA.

If you aren't going to quit, at least switch to the brands which are 100% tobacco. There are three brands made by tribes which do not have the chemical additives.

or, only use tobacco for ceremonial purposes.

Howard Beale, (4/2/2009 3:43:23 PM)

Ayo,

I used nicorette gum to kick my nicotine addiction. It made quitting easy.

Howard Beale, (4/2/2009 3:47:25 PM)

I just read the letter to the editor, he must be a liberal democrat to live in that fantasy world.

It reminds me of the Woody Allen movie "Sleeper" where the character played by Allen offers someone waking up in the future a cigarette, saying "Its tobacco, it is good for you".

rockfan, broken arrow (4/2/2009 4:48:45 PM)

Frakes im a smoker and i have to tell that Big Tobbacco gave up that speil along time ago,in the 50s they tried to connect the anti smoking movement to a Communist conspiracy.
They have'nt been called cancer stix for nothin y'know!im trying to quit cause they're bad for my health and now my wallet!so keep puffin there guy i'll see you at the Great Gig in the sky.

Bullhead, Nicut (4/2/2009 8:49:48 PM)

You're stupid, Ken. There, I said it. The problem is, smokers know what they're doing to themselves. It's just that they don't care enough to quit. They obviously have never seen someone smother to death and be fully aware that they are dying and are in full panic mode, begging for someone to help them, scratching and pulling on the arm of their loved one or a nurse or a doctor who can do nothing but stand there and watch the horror in the eyes of the dying.

You're day will come, Mr. Frakes. I'd say, May you die in peace, but that's not going to happen.