Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_he_me/med_smoking_ban_heart"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081215/capt.cps.one42.151208212356.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130y=86q=85sig=N4mirJOhvpINleTqPDKaNA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man smokes a cigarette. In a ruling which could pave the way towards huge lawsuits against tobacco companies, the top US court Monday said smokers can sue over the allegedly deceptive marketing of light cigarettes.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)" border="0" /></a>AP - A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign of just how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, government researchers said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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