Reason To Stop Smoking: Massachusetts Smoking Ban Saves 600 Lives So Far
[ Posted in: Reasons To Quit Smoking, Smoking Ban, Smoking Women, Smoking Cessation, Secondhand Smoke on November 18th, 2008 ]
Reasons To Stop Smoking: Massachusetts Smoking Ban Saves 600 Lives So Far
Today, I have great news to report:
The Harvard School of Public Health and the Massachusetts Public Health Department say that almost 600 less heart attack deaths occurred since their statewide smoking ban started in 2004!
Dr. Michael Siegel, a Boston University School of Public Health specialist in tobacco control, used to be very critical of smoking bans, and even of Harvard’s previous research. He now has this to say:
"This is the strongest study yet done of the effect of smoking bans on heart attacks. You can no longer argue that these declines would have occured simpy due to medical treatment."
I could not agree any stronger, Dr. Siegel!
- Franc Tausch, PhD, CCHT
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