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Hockney and freedom 2026/06/15 00:00
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- URL: https://taking-liberties.uk/home/2026/6/14/hockney-and-freedom
- Posted: 2026/06/15 (date: 2026/06/15)
- Topics: smoking freedom David Hockney
- Summary: «...my interaction with Hockney began in 2012 or so. I was working on a book that aimed to correct the weak science and legal tricks that had been used to attack smokers. An old friend, an artist and smoker, knew about Hockney’s fight against anti-smoking disinformation and suggested I get in touch with him and see if he could help, which indeed he did.»
- author: J.E.R. Staddon
- venue: Simon Clark Taking Liberties
Commentary
| Health Effect | Risk Increase | Annual U.S. Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Coronary heart disease | 25–30% increased risk | ~34,000 premature deaths/year |
| Stroke | 20–30% increased risk | — |
| Lung cancer</td> | 20–30% increased risk | >7,300 deaths/year |
- Even brief exposure can damage the lining of blood vessels, make blood platelets stickier, and set the cancer process in motion.[1]
- Since 1964, approximately 2.5 million non-smokers in the U.S. have died from health problems caused by secondhand smoke exposure.[1]
- The claim that environmental tobacco smoke "has not been shown to be harmful" is flatly contradicted by an overwhelming body of scientific evidence spanning decades. Every major public health authority — the CDC, WHO, Surgeon General, NIOSH, and IARC — has concluded that secondhand smoke causes serious disease and death in non-smokers.
- A 2024 Nature Medicine Burden of Proof meta-analysis[2] found consistent evidence supporting harmful associations between secondhand smoke exposure and nine health outcomes, including:
- Ischemic heart disease (~8% increased risk)
- Stroke (~5% increased risk)
- Type 2 diabetes (~1% increased risk)
- Lung cancer (~1% increased risk)
- Some additional conclusions from authorities:
- NIOSH (CDC): "Evidence is now clear that the health risk from inhaling tobacco smoke is not limited to the smoker, but also includes those who inhale ETS"[3]
- IARC (WHO) classified secondhand smoke as a Group 1 carcinogen (carcinogenic to humans) in 2004.
- A systematic review in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology[4] noted that tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, 44 of which are classified as human carcinogens.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2025-01-31 Health Problems Caused by Secondhand Smoke | Smoking and Tobacco Use | CDC
- ↑ 2024-01-09 Health effects associated with exposure to secondhand smoke: a Burden ...
- ↑ 1991-06 Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace | NIOSH | CDC
- ↑ 2013-01 Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Exposure, Health Effects...(PDF)