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Jump to full article: Daily Post North Wales (uk), 2008-06-30
Author: Tom Bodden, Daily Post
Intro: WELSH hospitals reported a big fall in treating heart attacks in the wake of the ban on smoking in public places last year.
In the three months from October to December 2007 - the date when the last full figures are available - there were 4,669 heart-related emergency admissions.
This compares to 5,339 in the same period of 2006 and 5,452 in 2005, according to data released to Plaid Cymru under the Freedom of Information Act.
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