Smoking bans in public places reduce the number of heart attacks (Reuters)
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A research team pooled data from 13 studies of smoking bans in communities in the United States, Canada and Europe and looked at heart attack rates. The study, published in the journal Circulation, concluded that heart attack rates fall immediately after smoking bans are put in place, dropping by 17 percent in the first year and by as much as 36 percent after three years.
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