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Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Childhood asthma cases Drop Significantly after Scottish smoking Laws implemented

When Scotland implemented a ban on smoking in enclosed public places in 2006, the cases of childhood asthma have dropped by an average of 18% per annum, Glasgow University researchers revealed in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Up to 2006 aged asthma hospital admission rates had increased by 5.2% per year for children up to 15 years ...

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