Thus, it is strange that most of the emphasis on smoking bans has been on the projected large number of lives that will be saved by eliminating exposure to ETS in public places.
None of the research groups that have worked on developing these models has felt that it was important to include the much weaker effect of exposure to ETS, even though a number of them have assessed this association.
Smoking bans could have an effect on reducing heart attacks or heart disease generally by one of two major routes: either by inducing current smokers to quit or by reducing the exposure of non-smokers to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).