Re: Amendments weaken smoking ban

jjsmith2 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:41:40 -0400

They want the amendment removed because they are cowards. They do not want to make the business decision themselves, instead they want the government to force those decisions onto everyone else.

Re: Amendments weaken smoking ban

AquaMan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:31:36 -0400

The North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association apparently wants the Cole amemdment removed

Bars Have Nothing To Fear

AquaMan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:16:29 -0400

A Indiana University review of state and local smoking bans concludes bars and casinos have nothing to fear economically, and might even benefit.

IU didn't conduct its own study, but examined 49 past peer-reviewed studies of the effects of smoking laws from New York to Fort Wayne. 47 of them found no economic harm to business.

Center for Health Policy director Eric Wright says the sample was skewed in one of the two exceptions, while the other reviewed smoking bans passed in tandem with other laws. He says there's no reason to expect anything similar to interfere with the results of a smoking ban in Indiana.

Wright says smoke-free businesses can save $1,000 to $2,000 per employee in health costs, and $19 per 100 square feet in cleaning costs. That's on top of the increased customer traffic he says many establishments enjoyed, from a three-percent uptick in Lexington, Kentucky, to a 39-percent surge in the first month after Fort Wayne passed its smoking ban.

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Re: Amendments weaken smoking ban

Re: Amendments weaken smoking ban

Bars Have Nothing To Fear