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Mass. Smoking Prevention Campaign Followed by Drop in Smoking, Heart Disease
June 23, 2008

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Research Summary

Smoking prevalence and coronary heart-disease mortality both declined during the decade following the implementation of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, the Health Behavior News Service reported June 19.

Harvard School of Public Health researchers said deaths from heart disease fell 31 percent between 1993 and 2003 in Massachusetts, while smoking prevalence declined from 20.5 percent to 14.5 percent during the same time span. The study authors estimated that the decline in smoking resulted in 425 fewer coronary deaths during the decade studied.

The Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program went into effect in 1992. Lead study author Zubair Kabir, M.D., said that the findings "reflect the impact of a comprehensive, integrated and -- at the time -- well-funded program."

The study will appear in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
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