ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Smoke-free laws, gender, and reduction in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction.
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- Evaluation of Population-Level Tobacco Control Interventions and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Legislative smoking bans for reducing harms from secondhand smoke exposure, smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Association between smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for cardiac, cerebrovascular, and respiratory diseases: a meta-analysis.Circulation · 2012Pooled it
- Smoke-free hospitality environments and cognitive health: A population-based study in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Legal and regulatory instruments for NCD prevention: a scoping review and descriptive analysis of evaluations in OECD countries.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Uneven Access to Smoke-Free Laws and Policies and Its Effect on Health Equity in the United States: 2000-2019.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Lower incidence of myocardial infarction after smoke-free legislation enforcement in Chile.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2017Article
- Association between Florida's smoke-free policy and acute myocardial infarction by race: A time series analysis, 2000-2013.Preventive medicine · 2016Article
- Cardiovascular Events Following Smoke-Free Legislations: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current environmental health reports · 2014Article
- The association of tobacco control policies and the risk of acute myocardial infarction using hospital admissions data.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe examined gender differences in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after the passage of a smoke-free law in Lexington, Kentucky. The initial legislation had exemptions not covering manufacturing facilities and government buildings, which may have put men at greater risk for AMI.
methodsWe examined the effect of Lexington's smoke-free public places law on hospitalizations for AMI (i.e., heart attack) among men and women 40 months prior to and 32 months after enactment of the law. We used the statewide administrative database (Comp Data) for all hospital billing records for the four health-care systems in Lexington-Fayette County. Cases were included in the analysis if (1) the patient was $35 years of age; (2) the patient had a primary discharge diagnosis of AMI, with an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code in the range of 410.00 to 410.99; and (3) the date of service was between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2006.
resultsAmong women, AMI hospitalizations declined 23% after the law took effect. The rate of AMI events among men did not change significantly. There was an overrepresentation of women in the hospitality industry and a disproportionate number of men working in manufacturing facilities and government worksites not mandated by the law.
conclusionsWe found gender differences in the reduction of AMI hospitalizations following implementation of a smoke-free law that covered only some sectors of the workforce. Enacting smoke-free laws that cover all places of employment and strengthening existing partial laws may extend protection against AMIs to female and male workers.
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