Positive health benefits of smoking ban

The Department of Health’s Public Health Directorate have recently reviewed Noble’s Hospital admission data to determine whether there has been an adjustment for heart attack admissions after legislation which placed a ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces and workplaces was introduced in the Isle of Man in 2008.

Ms Howda Jwad, a mathematics student, analysed the admission records for heart attacks during the two years prior to the implementation of the smoke free legislation and for the two years following the ban (April 2006 to March 2010).