Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks

December 31, 2008 By MIKE STOBBE , AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations, according to a new study that is considered the best and longest-term research to show such a link.

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humanist - Dec 31, 2008
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Sorry. Belief that improvement "was a clear sign of the ban" is NOT acceptable science.

I can't defend smoking but there are no overbearing statistics in the article.

Send this to Fox Networks.
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Bob_Kob - Jan 01, 2009
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^ Then what else do you attribute it to you big pessimist?
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thinking - Jan 01, 2009
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how about sending this to abc news... All Obama Channel, or CNN... Communist New Network.... or NBC .... Need oBama Channel

BTW I detest smoking.... but thats another point, but we need more correlation here....
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CarolAST - Jan 13, 2009
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It's all a lie. The death rates from AMI in Pueblo actually ROSE the year after the smoking ban. Those anti-smoker frauds only claimed that the rates of HOSPITALIZATION for AMI declined, not deaths! And, they could create a false impression of a decline merely by being too free with admissions (and raking in extra money for it) beforehand, and then magically reduce the admission rate by tightening up the policy.

http://www.smoker...l#Pueblo
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