Tuscany heart attack study

According to Dr. Michael Siegel:

"A peer-reviewed study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology has concluded that there was no significant effect of the smoking ban in Tuscany, Italy on heart attacks during the first year of implementation (see: Gasparrini A, Gorini G, Barchielli A. On the relationship between smoking bans and incidence of acute myocardial infarction. European Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 24:597-602).

Importantly, this published study was not considered by the Institute of Medicine committee which reviewed this issue and released its report in October of last year. It was also not considered in published meta-analyses on this topic. Because of the high sample size of this study, it is likely that inclusion of this study in the previous meta-analyses would have negated their results."
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/01/published-study-finds-no-effect-of.html


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Barbara Fraser for State Senate

Where are the names of Barbara Fraser's smoking ban friends such as Pion, Gatton and Suozzi on this report? She could use their help against Sam Page right now.

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Kirkwood Smoking Ban Hurting Businesses

PLAN AMENDMENT TO OUTLAW TOBACCO

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What's next in Michigan?

What’s Next? We have been made aware of several potential court cases that could affect the legality of smoking bans like the one passed today. Representatives of bar and restaurant interests in the city fo St. Louis, Missouri are actively persuing legal action against that city’s smoking ban, which similarly exempts several local casinos. The MLBA will be investigating possible legal challenges to this ban before it goes into effect.

http://mlba.org/page.cfm/17/?po=846&id=51

Deadheads, check out a very nice Ripple!

Blowing Smoke at a Ban

Six years after New York City passed a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, it is easier than ever to find smokers partying indoors like it’s 1999, or at least 2002. In November, Eater.com called it “the worst kept secret in New York nightlife” that “smoking is now allowed in numerous nightspots, specifically just about any and every lounge and club with a doorman and a rope.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/fashion/03smoking.html