Rhode Island sees health benefits of smoking ban

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A number of states prohibit smoking in public places. In the city of Los Angeles, California, even outdoor parks are designated as no smoking zones. 

In Rhode Island (RI) similar smoking ban took place under “Smoke-Free Public Places and Workplaces Act” in 2005. The good news is RI is seeing health and financial benefit from such smoking ban.

A new study from the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) has announced that Rhode Island hospitalization rates for heart attack, and associated costs have been declining since the smoking ban took place in 2005.

smoking just one cigarette can kill you

According to recently issued report by the Surgeon General, “Even brief exposure to tobacco smoke causes immediate harm to the body, damaging cells and inflaming tissue in ways that can lead to serious illness and death.

Every exposure to tobacco, from occasional smoking or secondhand smoke, can damage DNA in ways that lead to cancer. Tobacco smoke damages almost every organ in your body and one cigarette can kill you.

According to the report, about 40 million Americans smoke — 20% of adults and older teens. Tobacco kills more than 443,000 a year.

just one cigarette can kill you

Cigarette smoking costs the country more than $193 billion a year in health care costs and lost productivity.

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