Smoking Ban in Public Places Has Cut Down Number of Premature Births in Scotland

Researchers at Edinburgh University suggest that the smoking ban imposed in public places has cut down premature births and severe childhood asthma attacks by as much as 10 percent. The researchers analyzed more than 2.5 million births and around 250,000 hospital attendances for asthma attacks in children under 12 years old and found that following smoking bans, the number of children being born very small for their age declined by five percent while pre-term birth ...

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