Smoking ban linked with a big drop in heart attacks

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Wed, 12/31/2008 - 22:45

ATLANTA -- A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign of just how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, government researchers said Wednesday.


 

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