Implications of a Public Smoking Ban

Implications of a public smoking ban.

OBJECTIVES Legislation to ban smoking in public places is currently a major area of interest across Canada. The main objectives of the study were to 1) determine the effect of the smoking ban on incidence of acute myocardial infarction, 2) determine if the new legislation altered population-based smoking prevalence, and 3) measure public support for the public smoking ban. METHODS The city of...

Ban smoking in public housing.

Ten years ago, I was the doctor for an 18-year-old with cystic fibrosis whose mother was a heavy smoker. The patient told me how she coughed, wheezed, and choked when she was at home. I became close with her; it seemed she was always in the hospital, and I couldn't help but think it was because she wanted to escape a toxic environment. Three years later, at 21, she died—more than 14 years befor...

Public smoking ban: Europe on the move.

Smoking, clearly, is the single most important avoidable cause of mortality and morbidity in developed countries. Adverse health effects of smoking are extensive, including lung cancer, cerebrovascular diseases, and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease. A recent report estimated that worldwide, a total of nearly five million premature deaths annually are attributable to smoking. In addition, o...

Campaigners predict a complete public smoking ban for England.

Implementation of smoking ban: a survey in a public hospital setting.

Smoking in hospitals is banned in most of European countries; nevertheless, implementing a total smoking ban is particularly difficult and policy breaches are frequent. Aim of our study was to monitor the compliance with the smoke-free policy within a hospital district by measuring particulate matters (PM2.5). We designed an observational study and identified six sensitive locations within the ...