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==Statistics in the history of smoking== | ==Statistics in the history of smoking== | ||
The Cigarette Century<br> | The Cigarette Century: The rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America<br> | ||
Allan M. Brandt<br> | Allan M. Brandt, 600 pp.<br> | ||
Basic Books, 2007 | Basic Books, 2007, Amazon $23.76. | ||
To be continued. | |||
Revision as of 20:30, 5 April 2007
Quotations
It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the
leading causes of statistics.
Fletcher Krebel
Reader's Digest (December 1961)
Forsooths
He (Persi Diaconis) proved that it takes seven shuffles to perfectly randomize a pack of cards.
Justin Mullins
New Scientist
March 24-30, 2007, p 52
Contributed by Laurie Snell.
We were eleven people obtaining those 30.000 millions. I want the 11% that corresponds to me.
A politician of Madrid in a phone dialogue recorded by the police.
El Pais
20th October, 2006,
Contribted by Carlos Silva.
Statistics in the history of smoking
The Cigarette Century: The rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America
Allan M. Brandt, 600 pp.
Basic Books, 2007, Amazon $23.76.
To be continued.