‘Fewer heart attacks in Wales’ since smoking ban enforced

A fall in the number of heart attacks in Wales has been registered since the smoking ban was introduced in 2007, it has been discovered.

According to the chief medical officer Dr Tony Jewell’s annual report, the number of hospital admissions for heart attacks in 2007/08 was 3.7 per cent lower than the 2005/06, reported the BBC.

This marks a fall from 4,324 to 4,164, the news provider added.

“We need to educate and empower people to make healthy lifestyle choices. It is as much the responsibility of society as a whole to help improve people’s health as it is that of the NHS,” Dr Jewell’s paper stated.

In related news, a report from the NHS Information Centre in September showed that there were 1.4 million hospital admissions due to smoking from 2007 to 2008, costing the service £5.2 billion annually.