Bans on smoking in public places had a greater impact on the prevention of heart attacks than ever expected, shows the data collected.
According to two studies, smoking bans in Europe and North America has reduced heart attacks by one third to notify the British national broadcaster the BBC. New research published in two leading journals, "Circulation" and the "Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Benefits the heart is significantly greater than expected prior to publication bans, and the British 10 per cent previously published. rate.
Earlier this month, Britain published data, that in England alone of heart attacks decreased by 10 percent. after July 2007 have been banned smoking in public places.
Doctor James Lightwood from the University of California at San Francisco led the "Circulation" study, which summarized 13 different analysis.
His team discovered that heart attacks in Europe and North America started to decline soon after anti-smoking rules in force and over time their numbers fell more and more - after a three-year decrease of 36 percent.
"Although it is clear that we do not reach a zero rate of heart attacks, these data provide evidence that the short and medium term, a ban on smoking will help prevent many attacks," - he said.
J. Lightwood According to this study contributes to other credible evidence that passive smoking, the harmful substances in non-smoker person receives a passing smokers smoke causes heart attacks.
"Smoke-free workplaces and public places, the validation enactment of legislation is some of what can be done to protect the public", - he said.
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