The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 3 , Pages 542-543 , September 2008

Smoky, and they banned it! Lessons learned from smoking bans and their effects on public health

  • Nathan Rabinovitch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nathan Rabinovitch, MD, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206.

Received 18 July 2008 ,Accepted 22 July 2008.

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 Supported by grant ES015510 from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: N. Rabinovitch has declared that he has no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(08)01360-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.07.016

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 3 , Pages 542-543 , September 2008

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