OBJECTIVE On March 1st, 2008 a smoking ban in public buildings became effective in the Canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland. The aim of our study was to investigate, whether implementation of this new regulation was followed by a decrease in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). PATIENTS AND METHODS The Kantonsspital Graubuenden serves as a tertiary care hospital, possessing the o...

Article, “Effect of the Italian Smoking Ban on Population Rates of Acute Coronary Events” To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Cesaroni et al1 that was recently published Circulation. In their article, the authors reported a significant reduction of 11.2% in acute coronary events in Rome after the introduction of a new law banning smoking in public places. This article show...

Over the past 30 years, Israel has made great progress in attitudes and practices about smoking; probably nothing else has contributed more to the health of its population. Yet, a recent survey about a non-smoking ban at an Israeli health sciences campus found incomplete enforcement. In addition, smoking rates among health sciences students, though lower than the general population, were higher...

Anti-smoking measures, adopted by local authorities before the guideline on the ban of cigarette advertisement and anti-smoking campaign launched by the Government, are limited in scope and area. The activity is limited mainly to a ban on cigarette advertisements in theatres. Legislative measures are instituted only in the City Council, Municipal Councils and 2 ofthe 20 district councils survey...

RATIONALE Flight attendants who worked on commercial aircraft before the smoking ban in flights (pre-ban FAs) were exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke (SHS). We previously showed never-smoking pre-ban FAs to have reduced diffusing capacity (Dco) at rest. METHODS To determine whether pre-ban FAs increase their Dco and pulmonary blood flow (Qc) during exercise, we administered a symptom-...

Films with smoking scenes should be rated to prevent children and adolescents from seeing these scenes and starting to smoke cigarettes, according to a new WHO report, Smoke-free movies: from evidence to action. The report calls on governments to require health warnings to be shown before films containing smoking scenes, to ban the display of tobacco brands in films and to require film-makers t...

OBJECTIVE We conducted a systematic review to examine the impact of smoking cessation interventions, including smoking bans, on prisoners and prison staff. DATA SOURCES We systematically searched health and criminal justice databases for relevant studies. Search strings were used to combine terms related to smoking cessation interventions with terms related to incarceration. We used forward a...

BACKGROUND In May 2010, Switzerland introduced a heterogeneous smoking ban in the hospitality sector. While the law leaves room for exceptions in some cantons, it is comprehensive in others. This longitudinal study uses different measurement methods to examine airborne nicotine levels in hospitality venues and the level of personal exposure of non-smoking hospitality workers before and after im...