Reductions in cigarette smoking and acute myocardial infarction mortality in Jefferson County, Texas

A.L. McAlister, P. Huang, A.G. Ramirez, R.B. Harrist and V.P. Fonseca

American Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 100, issue 12, 2391-2392

Abstract: After litigation against the tobacco industry ended in a settlement, the Texas legislature funded pilot projects to reduce tobacco use in selected areas of the state. Subsequent telephone surveys showed that well-funded activities were successful in reducing population rates of self-reported cigarette smoking. We present evidence that the reduction in smoking promptly led to lower rates of death from acute myocardial infarctions.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.192211

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