Incidence of acute myocardial infarction after implementation of a public smoking ban in Graubünden, Switzerland: Two year follow-up

Publication

Incidence of acute myocardial infarction after implementation of a public smoking ban in Graubünden, Switzerland: Two year follow-up

Journal Paper/Review - May 27, 2011

Bonetti P O, Trachsel Lukas, Kuhn M U, Schulzki T, Erne P, Radovanovic D, Reinhart W H

Citation

Bonetti P, Trachsel L, Kuhn M, Schulzki T, Erne P, Radovanovic D, Reinhart W. Incidence of acute myocardial infarction after implementation of a public smoking ban in Graubünden, Switzerland: Two year follow-up. Swiss Med Wkly 2011; 141:w13206.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Swiss Med Wkly 2011; 141

Publication Date

May 27, 2011

Issn Electronic

1424-3997

Pages

w13206

Brief description/objective

In the first year after implementation of a public smoking ban a significant decrease in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was observed in Graubünden. In the present study we analyzed the incidence of AMI in the second year of the ban. In addition, we investigated the contribution of smoking ban-unrelated factors to the reduced incidence of AMI incidence observed after enactment of the ban.