Open AccessReductions in Cigarette Smoking and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in Jefferson County, Texas
Author(s) -
Alfred L. McAlister,
Peiwu Huang,
Amelie G. Ramirez,
Ronald Harrist,
Vincent P. Fonseca
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2010.192211
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , environmental health , cigarette smoking , tobacco industry , population , legislature , tobacco use , settlement (finance) , demography , geography , finance , business , pathology , archaeology , sociology , payment
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.