ABC News: Study Finds N.Y. Smoking Ban Helping

ABC News: Study Finds N.Y. Smoking Ban Helping: "ALBANY, N.Y. Jul 27, 2005 — Bar and restaurant workers in New York are suffering fewer sore throats and runny noses since the state's workplace smoking ban went into effect, health officials reported Wednesday.

The reduction is linked to the dramatic decline in employees' exposure to second-hand smoke, according to findings published in the August issue of Tobacco Control, a public health journal. Prior to the smoking ban in 2003, employees reported being exposed to 12 hours of smoke over a four-day period; that figure dropped to 12 minutes in 2004."