In recent years, studies have shown that the introduction of smoking bans in public places is associated with significant reductions in the incidence of acute MI, an effect that appears to be sustained over an extended period. With growing evidence of the link between secondhand smoke and adverse health effects, has the time come for Americans to demand federal laws that ban smoking in public places?

Join moderator Dr Melissa Walton-Shirley and her guests Nancy Brown and Dr Clyde Yancy from the AHA, as they discuss what might be today's most important public-health issue.