Public Health Policy

Public smoking bans may cut heart attacks

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, April 29th, 2004

Smoke-free laws may be linked with a rapid fall in the number of heart attacks, according to new research.

Previous studies have shown that people living or working in an environment polluted with secondhand smoke have a 30% increased risk of heart attack.

The study took place in Helena, a small community in the United States that imposed a law banning smoking in public and in workplaces from June to November 2002. The law was overturned by opponents in December 2002. The findings were published in the April 5, 20004 British Medical Journal.

The number of monthly admissions to the local hospital for heart attack for people...

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Source: Hospital and Nursing Home Week (2004-04-29)

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