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No Change in Tourism after Restaurants go Smokefree - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/281/20/1911
Debunking tobacco industry arguments, economic analysis shows that in fact smokefree laws do not hurt tourist business, and may even increase business. |
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Colorado Breath: Bar and Restaurant Employees Against Tobacco Hazards - http://www.breathcolorado.org/
News, education, and advocacy for restaurant and bar workers. |
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New York City's Smoke-Free Air Act Has Not Hurt Restaurant Business - http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=65
Researchers at Cornell University found that a smoke-free policy for restaurants attracts more business and revenue than it drives away. |
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Letter from San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce - http://www.tobacco.org/News/010129garth.html
In 1990, San Luis Obispo, California became the first city in the world to ban smoking in all public buildings including bars and restaurants. Since then, the number of eating and drinking establishments in the city have grown, taxable transacations from eating and drinking establishments have eclipsed statewide levels, the number of tourists to the city has grown exponentially, and the occupany tax collected by the city is at a record high. |
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Quality of Studies of The Economic Effects of Smokefree Policies on the Hospitality Industry - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/4/DC1
Scientific article reviews almost 100 economic studies on the economic effects of smokefree policies at restaurants and bars. |
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Restaurant/Bar Smoking Ban Has Not Hurt CA Business - http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=62
In contrast to predictions of economic ruin, bars around the state appear to have enjoyed a healthy increase in business during the first year of smokefree bars, 1999 sales data show. |
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Thirty Compelling Reasons to Become a Smoke-Free Restaurant - http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=68
Article from GASP of Colorado lists the reasons. |
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Restaurants Mark One Year Smoke-free - http://www.masslive.com/springfield/unionnews/index.ssf?/news/pstories/se33smok.html
News article on the one-year anniversary of restaurants going smoke-free in Springfield, Massachusetts reports that fears of lost business "have disappeared along with the smoke". |
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Restaurants and Bars that go Cigarette-free Often Prosper - http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/abstract/204942071.html?did=204942071&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&PMID=33538&desc=LONG+ISLAND+TOPIC+%2f+Smoking+Out+the+Truth+%2f+Restaurants+and+bars+that+go+cigarette-free+often+prosper
Restaurant owner writes that when his restaurant went smokefree, business did not suffer, and this is the trend. |
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Non-Smoking Restaurants in Paris, in France and in the World - http://www.droit-air-pur.com/no-smoking restaurants.htm
From the French Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Droit à l'air pur. |