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Richard Doll: Science will always win in the end

Richard Doll:
Science will always
win in the end

In 1950, Richard Doll showed the world that smoking causes lung cancer. Today, aged 92, a word from him can still cause anxiety in the Nokia boardroom or have us counting our portions of fruit and veg. He carries the responsibility lightly, because he believes in the power of evidence. After all, when it comes to the causality of cancer, he wrote the rules.

» Interview by Anna Wagstaff

 
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