Uruguay’s 100% Smoke-Free Law Reduces Hospital Admissions for Heart Attacks by 22 Percent

A study just published in Tobacco Control finds that the national 100% smoke-free law adopted in Uruguay in 2006 is associated with a significant reduction in hospital admissions for heart attacks. Researchers reviewed admissions reports…
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Brazil to Become World’s Largest Smoke-Free Country

WASHINGTON, DC — The Brazilian government has taken historic action to protect the health of the nation’s more than 190 million citizens by enacting a comprehensive tobacco control law. Signed by President Dilma Rousseff today, the new…
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Honduras Boosts Tobacco Control Movement in Latin America

Honduras’s new tobacco control law will help to protect its citizens from the devastating effects of tobacco use, one of the world’s deadliest public health epidemics.

The new law, which took effect February 21, is an important…
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Nations Support Uruguay Against Threat by Philip Morris International, Declare Governments Have Right to Implement Effective Tobacco

PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY (November 18, 2010) – Nations meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on the world's first public health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control  (FCTC), today approved a declaration supporting Uruguay's…
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