Does changes in ambulance call after implementation of a smoke-free law and its extension to casinos?
The observation that ambulance calls not coming from casinos dropped when the smoke-free law was initially implemented (excluding casinos) with no change in calls from casinos, followed by a comparable drop in calls originating from casinos (but not calls from elsewhere) when the law was extended to casinos, suggests that the important effects of secondhand smoke exposure occur acutely. These results also suggest that exempting casinos from smoke-free laws means that more people will suffer medical emergencies.
The use of lungs from carefully selected lung donors with a history of asthma may increase the donor pool with acceptable long-term outcomes. The use of fatal asthma donors remains problematic.