- ELTON AND CAMPBELL (2008) carried out a questionnaire survey in the UK before and after the ban and they concluded that the smoking ban did not seem to reduce the number of people smoking, + but that it did reduce the number of heavy smokers.
- WEST (2009) also carried out some research showing that attempts to stop smoking were greater in the 9 months leading up to the no smoking ban, than in the 17 months after it was introduced.
MEZIES AT AL (2006) tested the lung function of bar staff one month before the ban and again two months after the ban was introduced and found significant improvements in their health
- - improved lung function by 10%
- - symptoms related to passive smoking reduced by 30%
- - reduced levels of nicotine in the blood
+ PELL ET AL (2008) showed that following the ban in Scotland there had been a 17% year on year drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks.
+ SEMPLE ET AL (2007) analysed the saliva of 39 non-smoking workers before and after the Scottish smoking ban was introduced and found that there was a 75% reduction in cotinine (a by-product of nicotine).
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