Jump to full article: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2009-11-10
Author: Michaela Gibson Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
Intro: In the three years after the ban was enacted in 2006, Starkville had 27 percent fewer heart attacks than in the three years preceding the ban, based on the results of a Mississippi State University Social Science Research Study released Monday.
“We are excited about the finding,” said researcher Robert McMillan, who with Dr. Robert Collins, director of MSU Health Services, conducted the study.
Researchers analyzed the number of heart attacks diagnosed at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, McMillen said.
The data also included people who were transferred to other hospitals for a higher level of care, McMillen said.
Researchers are working with hospitals to gather data from Tupelo and Hattiesburg, which enacted their own indoor smoking bans after Starkville. Tupelo’s ban took effect in October 2006.
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