Ling, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, write: The results of the study by Hurt et al highlight some of the potential benefits of 100 percent smoke-free policies in workplaces, restaurants and bars: significantly decreased incidence of myocardial infarction and a trend toward decreased sudden cardiac death. Moving forward, we should prioritize the enforcement of smoke-free policies, eliminating loopholes in existing policies as well as encouraging expansion of smoke-free policies to include multiunit housing, motor vehicles, casinos and outdoor locations, they continue
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and it kills 440,000 people about 1,200 a day every year
Many people keep smoking to avoid the pain of withdrawal symptoms such as feeling irritated, grouchy, anxious, or depressed