Journal article
Smoking Bans Linked To Lower Hospitalizations For Heart Attacks And Lung Disease Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Health Affairs, Vol.31(12), pp.2699-2707
12/2012
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0385
PMID: 23213154
Abstract
Policies limiting exposure to cigarette smoke have been associated with reduced hospitalizations for heart attacks, but little is known about the impact of smoking bans on other health conditions and whether findings from individual communities generalize to other areas. We investigated the association between smoking bans targeting workplaces, restaurants, and bars passed throughout the United States during 1991-2008 and hospital admissions for smoking-related illnesses-acute myocardial infarction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-among Medicare beneficiaries age sixty-five or older. Risk-adjusted hospital admission rates for acute myocardial infarction fell 20-21 percent thirty-six months following implementation of new restaurant, bar, and workplace smoking bans. Admission rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease fell 11 percent where workplace smoking bans were in place and 15 percent where bar smoking bans were present. By contrast, very little effect was found for hospitalization for gastrointestinal hemorrhage and hip fracture-two conditions largely unrelated to smoking and examined as points of comparison. These findings provide further support for the public health benefits of laws that limit exposure to tobacco smoke.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Smoking Bans Linked To Lower Hospitalizations For Heart Attacks And Lung Disease Among Medicare Beneficiaries
- Creators
- Mark W Vander Weg - Mark W. Vander Weg is an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Iowa, in Iowa CityGary E Rosenthal - Gary E. Rosenthal is a professor of internal medicine at the Carver College of Medicine and a professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa College of Public HealthMary Vaughan Sarrazin - Mary Vaughan Sarrazin is the director of the Data Management and Analysis Core of the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Research Enhancement Award Program and the Data Management and Analysis Core of the Midwest Veterans Affairs Rural Health Resource Center and a research associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health Affairs, Vol.31(12), pp.2699-2707
- DOI
- 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0385
- PMID
- 23213154
- NLM abbreviation
- Health Aff (Millwood)
- ISSN
- 0278-2715
- eISSN
- 2694-233X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2012
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; General Internal Medicine; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984063130902771
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