According to two new studies reported in Family Practice News, those localities which have banned smoking in public places have seen a drop of 17% in heart attacks. Since we have about 920,000 heart attacks each year in the US, that would mean that smoking bans would prevent 156,000 heart attacks every year. One of the studies reported in Circulation, stated emphatically that such prevention begins almost immediately and just gets stronger over time. There is no longer any excuse to allow smoking in public places or the workplace.
See Family Practice News - click here (subscription required) October 1, 2009, p. 2 and Circulation click here, Sept. 21, 2009 issue.
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