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Opinion Former Briefing: Smoking ban reduces heart attacks  

Jump to full article: Politics.co.uk (uk), 2009-09-22

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The Royal College of Physicians commented:

"This is fantastic news - it shows that public policy measures can be really effective in changing people's behaviours and saving lives."

The Stroke Association commented:

“The long running campaign against smoking has saved thousands of lives and the latest research showing that the smoking ban is having such a big impact is a welcome sign that we can continue to reduce deaths and illness due to smoking. . . .

Diabetes UK commented: “we support the smoking ban and we are pleased to hear that it may reduce the number of heart attacks by more than a third in countries where it is implemented.

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