England's smoking ban linked to annual 5 percent drop in emergency admissions for asthma

An asthma attack can kill a person.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/bmj-esb041213.php

Public release date: 15-Apr-2013
Contact: Emma Dickinson
BMJ-British Medical Journal

Figures add up to around 1900 fewer such admissions among adults every year

This adds up to around 1900 fewer such admissions every year, the authors calculate, and confirms the value of public health interventions, such as smoking bans, they say.

They base their findings on the number of emergency admissions for asthma among adults aged 16 and over in England between April 1997 and December 2010.

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