WHO Urges Countries to Adopt Smoking Bans


	WHO Urges Countries to Adopt Smoking Bans

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6-30-2008 4:24 AM

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<SPAN id="lw_1214813719_1" class="yshortcuts">preventing heart disease</SPAN>, getting cigarette users to quit and 
protecting children from second-hand smoke, a World Health 
Organization (WHO) report issued on Monday said.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc"><P>
 The report by scientists at the WHO's International Agency 
for <SPAN id="lw_1214813719_2" class="yshortcuts">Cancer</SPAN> Research urged more countries to adopt smoking bans 
in public and at the workplace, saying there was enough 
evidence to prove they work, without hurting businesses such as 
restaurants and bars.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc"><P>
 A separate report issued by Cancer Research UK on Monday 
found England's ban adopted a year ago has spurred more smokers 
than ever to kick the habit, and predicted the restrictions 
would prevent 40,000 deaths over the next 10 years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc"><P>
 They cited studies that suggest smoke-free workplaces have 
lead to a 10 to 20 percent decrease in hospital admissions for 
heart disease a year after a <SPAN id="lw_1214813719_4" class="yshortcuts">smoking ban</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc"><P>
 The WHO says <SPAN id="lw_1214813719_5" class="yshortcuts">smoking</SPAN> kills about four million people each 
year, causing a quarter of deaths related to heart disease.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/09EB5BAE-3266-4F2A-8511-708E6B12F765/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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