", the one-year study included 42 pubs in Dublin and 73 male pub workers who received lung function tests before and after the smoking ban was put in place on March 29, 2004. Before the ban, the pub workers reported that they were exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke more than 40 hours a week, compared to about 25 minutes a week after the ban -- a 99 percent reduction."

"The bar workers' lung function tests showed significant improvement after implementation of the smoking ban, the study said. There was also a decrease in the workers' self-reported health symptoms."

"The study was led by Dr. Luke Clancy, director of the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society in
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