Smoking ban tops list of 21st century UK public health achievements Survey of experts also hails sugar tax and Sure Start centres as important breakthroughs
The ban on smoking in public spaces and workplaces is the greatest UK public health achievement of the 21st century, according to public health experts.
The move, which came into full force in all four UK countries by July 2007, has been credited with causing a fall of more than 20% in heart attacks and other cardiac conditions in the first 10 years after it was introduced. The Guardian
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