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Smoking Bans
More and more households in the United States are banning smoking. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 75% of households now forbid smoking at any time or place in the home.
Smoking bans have spread across the country. At least 35 states have passed some type of law banning smoking in almost all public places and workplaces, including restaurants and bars.
The risk of heart attacks in communities enforcing such bans has decreased 17% overall. Younger people and non-smokers seem to benefit the most from such bans.
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Review Date: 09/08/2010
Reviewed By: Reviewed by: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor
of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts
General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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