Wednesday, July 2, 2008

WHO Wants Clean Air?

New findings from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that clean indoor air ordinances lead to significant reductions in hospital admissions for heart disease, effectively encourage smokers to quit, and protect non-smokers and children from second-hand smoke. The WHO challenges more countries to adopt smoking bans in workplaces, bars, and restaurants:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc_1

1 comment:

Unknown said...

How exciting that we can do something this helpful in so many ways - reduce hospital admissions which reduces health care costs and insurance costs not to mention increasing quality of life! Seems like a win-win-win.