TY - JOUR T1 - Asthma admissions, smoking bans and administrative databases JF - Thorax JO - Thorax DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204183 SP - thoraxjnl-2013-204183 AU - Brian D Kent AU - Stephen J Lane AU - Edward D Moloney Y1 - 2013/08/24 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2013/08/26/thoraxjnl-2013-204183.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the recent paper by Sims et al,1 wherein they identified a clinically and statistically significant reduction in admissions with asthma following the implementation of a workplace smoking ban in the UK, independent of prevailing temporal trends and other measureable confounding factors. We welcome this important addition to the evidence base in this area, and endorse the authors’ … ER -