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Jump to full article: The Independent Online (IOL) (za), 2008-07-02 Author: Anso Thom
Intro: Smoke-free policies are reducing heart disease related to smoke exposure, the prevalence of smoking in adults and the exposure of both adults and children to second-hand smoke.
These and other findings are published in a special report of this month's the Lancet Oncology.
The report, by the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC), also showed that smoke-free policies do not decrease the business activity of the restaurant and bar industry.
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