Mentions that University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers studied bartenders in Madison and Appleton two months before and about one year after smoking bans took effect in those cities on July 1, 2005. Among non-smoking bartenders, “the prevalence of eight upper respiratory symptoms was significantly lower,” according to the study, which predicted that a state ban would result in 1,900 fewer bartenders experiencing wheezing or “whistling” in the chest.
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