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Jump to full article: Columbus (MS) Commercial Dispatch, 2009-11-10
Author: Tim Pratt
Intro: A Mississippi State University study released Monday shows a 27 percent decrease in heart attacks among Starkville residents since the city passed its no-smoking ordinance in 2006.
The study by Robert McMillen and Dr. Robert Collins focused on Starkville residents in the three years since the city's Board of Aldermen passed the indoor smoking ban compared to the three prior years. Oktibbeha County Hospital and North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo treated a combined 51 Starkville residents for heart attacks in the three years before the smoking ban was enacted, but only 37 in the three years since, the study revealed.
Researchers see a correlation between the no-smoking policy and the decrease in heart attacks.
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