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Reduced Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction After Implementation of a Comprehensive Indoor Smoke-Free Ordinance

Hospital admissions in the city of Pueble, Colorado fell sharply after the implementation of the municipal law making workplaces and public place smokefree and this decrase was sustained over a three year period. These findings suggest that smoke-free policies should be considered an important component of intervention s to prevent heart disease morbidity and mortality