Reductions in Cigarette Smoking and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in Jefferson County, Texas | Zendy

Alfred L. McAlister | Zendy; Philip Huang | Zendy; Amelie G. Ramírez | Zendy; Ronald B. Harrist | Zendy; Vincent P. Fonseca | Zendy

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Reductions in Cigarette Smoking and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in Jefferson County, Texas

Author(s) -

Alfred L. McAlister,

Philip Huang,

Amelie G. Ramírez,

Ronald B. 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.

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