New at Reason: Jacob Sullum on Smoking Bans and Heart Attacks

October 21, 2009

A CDC-commissioned report released last week concluded that smoking bans cause substantial drops in heart attack rates soon after they take effect. But in their eagerness to promote such laws, Senior Editor Jacob Sullum says, the report's authors ignored contrary evidence and glossed over the implausibility of achieving immediate, dramatic reductions in heart attacks by reducing exposure to secondhand smoke.

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