Smoking bans help curb kids' severe asthma attacks

 
By The Associated Press | Published: September 16, 2010   

ATLANTA — New research shows that smoking bans spare many children with asthma from being hospitalized, a finding that suggests smoke-free laws have even greater health benefits than previously believed.

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Other studies have charted the decline in adult heart attack rates after smoking bans were adopted. The new study, conducted in Scotland, looked at asthma-related hospitalizations of kids,...
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