A Nationwide Assessment of the Association of Smoking Bans and Cigarette Taxes With Hospitalizations for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia
Ho V, Ross JS, Steiner CA, Mandawat A, Short M, Ku-Goto MH, Krumholz HM. A Nationwide Assessment of the Association of Smoking Bans and Cigarette Taxes With Hospitalizations for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia. Medical Care Research And Review 2016, 74: 687-704. PMID: 27624634, PMCID: PMC5665160, DOI: 10.1177/1077558716668646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure hospitalizationAcute myocardial infarctionHospitalization ratesSmoking bansFailure hospitalizationMyocardial infarctionCigarette taxesPneumonia hospitalization ratesPublic place smoking banComprehensive smoking banHigher cigarette taxesPersons age 60Pneumonia hospitalizationsHeart failureContemporaneous controlsProvider characteristicsHospitalizationAge 60State cigarette taxesHospitalization countsMultiple studiesLocal healthInfarctionNational studyAssociation