8% fall in stillbirths linked to smoking ban Stillbirths have dropped …

The research suggests that almost 1,500 stillbirths and newborn deaths were averted in the first four years after the smoking ban was introduced in England in 2007 A team led by Edinburgh University looked at information on more than 10 million births in England between 1995 and 2011. The findings suggest that almost 1,500 stillbirths and newborn deaths were averted in the first four years after the law to prohibit smoking in public places was enacted on July 1, 2007.