Reduced admissions for acute myocardial infarction associated with a public smoking ban: matched controlled study.
There has been no research linking implementation of a public smoking ban and reduced incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among nonsmoking patients. An ex post facto matched control group study was conducted to determine whether there was a change in hospital admissions for AMI among nonsmoking patients after a public smoking ban was implemented in Monroe County compared with Delaware County, Indiana without such a ban. Poisson analysis was conducted for 44 months of hospital admissions. A significant drop occurred in the number of admissions among nonsmoking patients in Monroe County after the ban whereas a nonsignificant decrease in the number of admissions occurred in Delaware County. The changes in the number of smoking-patient admissions before and after the ban were not significant.
Seo
Dong-Chul
DC
Dept. of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA. seo@indiana.edu
Torabi
Mohammad R
MR
D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution