Intelligent Smoking?

Doing my morning read of the NY Times headlines email, I noticed the following article, “A Warning on Hazards of Secondhand Smoke.” Inside this article is found,

“I am here to say the debate is over: the science is clear,” Dr. Carmona said at a televised news conference…

Whoah! Whoah! Science? Since when does science have anything to do with public policy.

Better yet, where are the Intelligent Design nutjobs coming out of the woodwork to assist Big Tobacco in teaching the controversy. This seems like a perfect opportunity for them to show that cancer caused by smoking is “only a theory.”