[cinFLA]

April 1, 2003 (Chicago) -- Anti-smoking groups have long contended that smoking bans can have a positive effect on public health, and now they have proof: When Helena, Mont., enacted a smoking ban in public buildings, there was a 60% drop in heart attack admissions at local hospitals.


"What surprised us was how quickly there was an impact from this ordinance," says Richard Sargent, MD, who presented the study at the American College of Cardiology's 52nd Annual Scientific Session. "Also interesting, we found that people from the surrounding area around Helena, where smoking was permitted, still had similar heart attack levels. I liken it to a doughnut. In the hole is smoke-free Helena. In the dough is high-smoke, high-heart-attack surrounding area."


"This striking finding suggests that protecting people from the toxins in secondhand smoke not only makes life more pleasant; it immediately starts saving lives," says co-author Stanton Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, Cardiovascular Research Institute and a statistics authority. "This work substantially raises the stakes in debates over enacting and protecting smoke-free ordinances."

[xrp]

Ok thanks. So you're saying that you are all for government intervention in private business. Who is on Soros' payroll now, commie!!??

[xrp]

Rights derive from society. Without society's wish to grant your rights, you have no rights.

559 posted on 07/16/2003 1:43 PM PDT by cinFLA

[Gabz]

That's it - there is no talking to you at all.

Stanton Glantz is a mechanical engineer who has taken courses in cardio-related stuff. He brings buckets of $$$$$$ to UCBerzerkly because of his anti tobacco stance.

He has claimed a study that is not coming out the way he wants it will not be completed (paraphrasing).

He's also on board with those touting a study that the lung cancer rate in California decreased after the smoking ban there - there is a problem with that particular study the antis claim to prove their point - it was completed 2 years PRIOR to the total California smoking ban.

As I have asked - please provide someone with some credibility.