Marchman Act Blog "Smoking Section" - Multiple Studies Demonstrate Heart Benefits of Smoking Bans

A new review of 13 U.S. and international studies finds that banning public smoking can reduce the rate of heart attacks by more than one-third, Reuters reported Sept. 21.

Researcher James Lightwood of the University of California at San Francisco and colleagues said that the studies show that heart-attack rates fell an average of 17 percent in the year after smoking bans were imposed in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and up to 36 percent within three years.