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7. NYC has the highest rates of heart disease in the country.

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:42 PM

Jan 2013

As least according to this article: Death rates from heart disease in New York City and its suburbs are among the highest recorded in the country, and no one quite knows why http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/nyregion/18heart.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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Child asthma hospital admissions fell after smoking ban, study shows [View all] Redfairen Jan 2013 OP

Wow. No one could have foreseen this. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #1

Well, I couldn't have PaulaFarrell Jan 2013 #12

NYC has the highest rates of heart disease in the country. former9thward Jan 2013 #7

I agree christx30 Jan 2013 #8

It seems a bit surprising to me. surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #3

Oh? sakabatou Jan 2013 #4

Great Britain needs the NRA Turbineguy Jan 2013 #5

I've always been on the fence about smoking, but not lately. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #9

If only those asthmatic kids had guns. valerief Jan 2013 #11

I have had to break off friendships with smokers. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #13