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Heart Attack Hospitalizations Drop After US City Bans Smoking, CDC

Published January 2, 2009, 2:14 pm, Medical News Today

In the US city of Pueblo in the state of Colorado there has been a sharp drop in the number of hospital admissions for heart attacks following the introduction of a law that made it illegal to smoke in public spaces and workplaces. And the drop was steady for three years, said the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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