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WHO Urges Countries to Adopt Smoking Bans
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margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></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"><SPAN id="lw_1214813719_0" class="yshortcuts">Smoking bans</SPAN> are an effective way of <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; 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