Heart Attack Rates Greatly Reduced With Indoor Smoking Bans?

A report done by US health experts has confirmed that indoor smoking bans have lowered the risk of heart attack, even among nonsmokers, because exposure to secondhand smoke has been reduced.

The report was produced by the Institute of Medicine for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it shows that since smoking has been banned from workplaces, restaurants and bars the rate of cardiovascular-related health problems has been reduced.

CDC director Dr. Thomas Friedan said, "Secondhand smoke kills. What this report shows is that smoke-free laws reduce heart attacks in nonsmokers."

"But still, most of the country lives in areas that don't have comprehensive smoke-free laws covering all workplaces, all restaurants and all bars," he added.

It is great that nonsmokers are suffering fewer health problems, but it is forgotten that smokers are still being ostracized, and it really won't ever matter as long as the non-smokers are fine.

[Via: Telegraph.co.uk]

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