Claim: After Arizona banned smoking in "all public places" in 2007, "admissions for acute myocardial infarction … stroke, asthma,  angina decreased following the implementation of the ban."
Fact-check: Rhode Island State Rep. Richard P. Morrison says that Arizona experienced nearly immediate health benefits after a statewide ban on smoking in public places took effect
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Alex Kuffner
Date published: 2012-02-22T00:00:00