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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 01 > Smoking ban in one city means fewer heart attacks

Smoking ban in one city means fewer heart attacks

By Mike Stobbe / The Bulletin
January 1, 2009

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.

The study, the longest-running of its kind, showed the rate of....

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