Smoking Ban Improves Asthma Rates in Children

In March 2006, Scotland banned smoking in enclosed public places, including restaurants and pubs. Investigators used a national database to tally all asthma hospital admissions for children younger than 15 years in Scotland between January 2000 and October 2009. Asthma hospital admission rates in children have dropped 18% per year since the smoking ban was instituted in 2006. . read more.