Month: December 2011

  • NYC Life Expectancy Is Seen Linked to Anti-Smoking Policy

    File this under…”no duh”… NYC Life Expectancy Is Seen Linked to Anti-Smoking Policy “New York City heart-disease deaths have dropped 28 percent since 2002, a decrease the Health Department attributes to bans on public smoking, cigarette taxes and ads depicting tobacco-related illnesses…giving babies born in New York a record life expectancy of 80.6 years, three…