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Supplementary Figure 1: Incidence of STEMI per 100'000 inhabitants in Canton Ticino 2004-10

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Smoking Ban in Canton Ticino 04.2007

Supplementary Figure 2: Incidence of STEMI per 100'000 inhabitants in Canton Basel City 2005-10

*No significant changes were observed comparing mean incidence before the ban in Ticino with each subsequent year, assuming Poisson distribution.

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