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reason.com - 12/11/2008
The Smoke Clears in Scotland
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When we last considered claims about the impact of Scotland's smoking ban, an alleged 17 percent drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks (a claim reported in the New England Journal of Medicine and widely repeated by the press) turned out to be more like 8 percent in the year ...

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December 11 roundup
Overlawyered — Nastygrams fly at Christmas time over display and festival use of “Jingle Bells”, Grinch, etc. [Elefant] Claims that smoking ban led to instantaneous plunge in cardiac deaths in Scotland turns out to be as fishy as similar claims elsewhere [Siegel on tobacco via Sullum, Reason "Hit and Run"] Myths about the costs and consequences of an automaker Chapter 11 filing [Andrew Grossman, Heritage] Mikal Watts may be the most generous of the trial lawyers bankrolling the Texas Democratic Party’s recent ...

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