Acute respiratory and cardiovascular admissions after a public smoking ban in Geneva, Switzerland.

Discussion This study shows that a legislative smoking ban is associated with a strong, highly significant reduction in hospitalisations for COPD exacerbation and a trend for decreased admissions for acute coronary syndrome.

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Hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome decreased only during the final smoking ban (period 4), where we measured a trend close to significance: adjusted IRR was 0.90 [95%CI: 0.80–1.00] for all patients and 0.89 [95%CI: 0.78–1.02] for Geneva residents ( Table 2 ).

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