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Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Head, Phil ; Jackson, Bradford E. ; Bae, Sejong ; Cherry, Debra
Head, Phil ; Jackson, Bradford E. ; Bae, Sejong ; Cherry, Debra Less -
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The objective of this study was to examine hospital discharge data on 5 tobacco-related diagnoses before and after implementation of a smoking ban in a small Texas city. We compared hospital discharge rates for 2 years before and 2 years after implementation of the ban in the intervention city with discharge rates during the same time in a similar city with no ban. The discharge rates for blacks and whites combined declined significantly after the ban in the intervention city for acute myocardial infarction (MI) (rate ratio [RR], 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.65-0.85) and for stroke or cerebrovascular accident (RR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.62-0.82); discharge rates in the intervention city also declined significantly for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (RR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.54-0.75) and asthma (RR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.52-0.91) for whites only. Discharge rates for 4 of 5 diagnoses in the control city did not change. Although postban reduction in acute MI is well documented, this is one of the first studies to show a racial disparity in health benefits and a decline in tobacco-related diagnoses other than acute MI after implementation of a city-wide smoking ban.
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Chronic Disease
Health Policy
Health Promotion
Humans
Patient Discharge
Smoking
Socioeconomic Factors
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Tobacco Use Disorder

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Prev Chronic Dis. 9.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Texas
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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