Friday, April 4, 2008

The Politics of Smoking

Study links smoking bans to DWIs

Alexandra Clinton
Correspondent for The Capital times
 —  4/03/2008 1:02 pm

Enacting city smoking bans appears to increase drunken driving, a study of arrests conducted by Wisconsin researchers asserts.

A national study to be released by the Journal of Public Economics found an increase of fatal accidents involving alcohol after communities prohibited smoking, compared to arrests in communities without a ban. More.........

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