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Smoking bans promote lower BP in workers

Smoking bans in workplaces and public places may help promote lower systolic blood pressure among people working in or living near these settings, suggests a recently study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota. The researchers analysed data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, examining 2 606 adults in Birmingham, Alabama; Chicago; Minneapolis; and Oakland, California, who were not active smokers when followed between 1995 and 2011. The researchers found that people who lived near or worked in areas with non-smoking policies had lower systolic blood pressure than people associated with areas without such policies.