Smoke-Free Laws Lower Health Risk

| 2/27/2012

A new study out of the University of North Dakota finds that smoke-free laws in the state reduce heart attacks. Researchers evaluated eight months worth of data to see how smoke-free ordinances made a difference in heart attack rates.

The report found that that heart attacks in Grand Forks dropped 24 percent within four months of the city`s comprehensive smoke-free law, which took affect in August 2010.

A UND professor says the study demonstrates the immediate health benefits of eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke.

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