Our View: Adding a new ordinance makes smoke-free plan less appealing - LubbockOnline.com
The thought of making Lubbock smoke-free has appeal, but is it worth adding another law in a city that has a public smoking ordinance already in place?
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Within a year of enacting smoke-free laws, other cities have seen a drop of 15 percent in hospitalization for heart attacks and strokes and 20 percent of asthma and lung diseases, according to Dr. Scott Shurmur, chief of cardiology at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
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