> In case anyone needs reminding, the Helena, MT
> experience with a smoking ban is that it dramatically
> cut the number of heart attacks in that city almost
> immediately. How many preventable heart attacks would
> we have in St. Paul during an 18 month moratorium
> period?http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/01/health/main547249.shtml
the article states Doctor's simply compared heart attack number during the ban
against number from the previous 4 years. Not entirely scientific since
conditions could not have been the same. Also, it states the reduction
occurred mostly in smokers. Nothing wrong with that if indeed true. More
proof that this ban isn't about 2nd hand smoke but getting people to quit
smoking. If that is what you want the work to make cigs illegal.
john harris
webber-camden
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