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Study: Wisconsin smoking ban benefits public health
Respiratory Care Weekly, March 8, 2006
Respiratory therapists pushing smoking bans in their communities have more ammunition for convincing voters and city health officials of the bans' effectiveness, according to a report on www.channel3000.com, a news service in Madison, WI.
A Madison cancer researcher claims that his city's smoking ban resulted in positive effects on the lung health of 400 bartenders. Results of a survey taken by the bartenders showed that symptoms of secondhand smoke inhalation including wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing decreased 40% after the smoking ban took effect last fall.
If the health of bartenders improved within a few months of the policies being put in place, the policies will reduce bartenders' risk of disease in the long run, said Researcher Patrick Remington, MD, MPH, of the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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