Thursday 8 March 2012

Premature births down after smoke ban

Premature births down after smoke ban: The premature birth rate in Scotland has fallen by 10% since the country introduced a ban on smoking in public places in 2006.
Researchers believe this is another benefit of the smoke-free approach, alongside reductions in heart disease and childhood asthma.
Writing in the journal Plos Medicine, researchers examined data for 700,000 women over a 14-year period and looked at smoking and birth rates for p... Healthcare Today

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