Thursday, May 8, 2008

Ban on Restaurant smoking update


Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking
By STEVE LeBLANCAssociated Press Writer
A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported...
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