Letter by Gasparrini and Gorini Regarding Article, “Effect of the Italian Smoking Ban on Population Rates of Acute Coronary Events”
Author(s) -
Antonio Gasparrini,
Giuseppe Gorini
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.779843
Subject(s) - medicine , smoking ban , population , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , public health , demography , environmental health , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
To the Editor:We read with great interest the article by Cesaroni et al1 that was recently published Circulation . In their article, the authors reported a significant reduction of 11.2% in acute coronary events in Rome after the introduction of a new law banning smoking in public places. This article showed several improvements compared with previous studies investigating the same issue: …
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