Comments on: Ban smoking and watch the rate of heart attacks drop http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/ban-smoking-and-watch-rate-of-heart.html medical blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:56:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CarolT http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/ban-smoking-and-watch-rate-of-heart.html/comment-page-1#comment-89647 CarolT Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:17:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/ban-smoking-and-watch-the-rate-of-heart-attacks-drop.html#comment-89647 The death rates from acute myocardial infarction INCREASED in Pueblo County during the year after the ban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br/><br/>http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html#Pueblo The death rates from acute myocardial infarction INCREASED in Pueblo County during the year after the ban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.smokershistory.com/etsheart.html#Pueblo

]]> By: Stephen http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/ban-smoking-and-watch-rate-of-heart.html/comment-page-1#comment-89150 Stephen Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/ban-smoking-and-watch-the-rate-of-heart-attacks-drop.html#comment-89150 A 40% reduction from a smoking ban would be fantastic. Here in Cayman we are waiting on the enactment of the legislation. Other studies have shown a reduction of 20% in the first year. It will be interesting to see the effect of banning trans-fats has had in New York and elsewhere A 40% reduction from a smoking ban would be fantastic. Here in Cayman we are waiting on the enactment of the legislation. Other studies have shown a reduction of 20% in the first year. It will be interesting to see the effect of banning trans-fats has had in New York and elsewhere

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/ban-smoking-and-watch-rate-of-heart.html/comment-page-1#comment-89124 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/ban-smoking-and-watch-the-rate-of-heart-attacks-drop.html#comment-89124 Yet another socialist feels the need to point a gun, via government coercion, at people not behaving they way they should.<br/><br/>Why not direct people to the comments, which shows the "Happy" Hospitalist unable/unwilling to argue *why* this is a good idea for her views but not others? Or where she ignores questions about personal responsibility and the inability of humans to legislate it (If you could, would we have a drug problem in the US?).<br/><br/>Guess it doesn't fit the narrative. Yet another socialist feels the need to point a gun, via government coercion, at people not behaving they way they should.

Why not direct people to the comments, which shows the “Happy” Hospitalist unable/unwilling to argue *why* this is a good idea for her views but not others? Or where she ignores questions about personal responsibility and the inability of humans to legislate it (If you could, would we have a drug problem in the US?).

Guess it doesn’t fit the narrative.

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