Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in US Counties - PubMed
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- Comprehensive smoke-free laws in US counties were associated with a mean annual reduction of 12.0 CVD deaths per 100,000 population over 12 years post-policy.
- The reductions in CVD mortality were larger among adults aged 65 or older, male individuals, and non-Hispanic White populations.
- Smaller and less precise associations were observed among younger adults, female individuals, and non-Hispanic Black populations.
- The study used longitudinal county-level data from 2000 to 2018, comparing 38 counties with smoke-free laws to 103 control counties without such laws.