02-11-2006, 07:50 AM
beagledave Wrote:
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> pinion Wrote:
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> > For all the people that say banning smoking
> in
> > bars has raised the profits of the bar can
> you
> > please show me some proof.
>
>
>
>
> "A TUC spokesman, Tom Mellish, told BBC Radio 5
> Live that studies from eight countries showed
> places which became smoke-free zones attracted
> extra customers.
>
> He said: "They all came back with positive
> results.
>
> "Bars, restaurants and clubs increased their
> profits and increased their attendances because
> they're going out to a different market."
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>
>
>
> "In El Paso, Texas, which has one of the toughest
> bans in the nation, officials report the effects
> were stunningly positive for businesses that
> fought the ban hardest: an 18 percent increase in
> bar liquor sales in the first nine months after
> the ban compared with the same nine months a year
> earlier. Restaurants showed a smaller increase,
> about 4 percent.
>
> A 1998 study by the California State Board of
> Equalization found annual revenue increases of 7
> percent in small restaurants and bars in the two
> years after smoking bans went into effect --
> greater growth than in previous years. In
> Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health
> gathered sales-tax data and found that restaurant
> receipts increased by 5 percent to 9 percent in
> towns that had enacted various smoking bans
> between 1992 and 1995. "
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> Info about the Chicago law
>
>
It happened in the bar I go to all the time. Drink sales are up about 25%, and food sales are up over 35%. People aren't afraid to stop in on the way home from work in nice clothes to grab a beer and dinner.
The down side is my biker jacket is losing it's "character"
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> pinion Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > For all the people that say banning smoking
> in
> > bars has raised the profits of the bar can
> you
> > please show me some proof.
>
>
>
>
> "A TUC spokesman, Tom Mellish, told BBC Radio 5
> Live that studies from eight countries showed
> places which became smoke-free zones attracted
> extra customers.
>
> He said: "They all came back with positive
> results.
>
> "Bars, restaurants and clubs increased their
> profits and increased their attendances because
> they're going out to a different market."
> -------------------------------
>
>
>
> "In El Paso, Texas, which has one of the toughest
> bans in the nation, officials report the effects
> were stunningly positive for businesses that
> fought the ban hardest: an 18 percent increase in
> bar liquor sales in the first nine months after
> the ban compared with the same nine months a year
> earlier. Restaurants showed a smaller increase,
> about 4 percent.
>
> A 1998 study by the California State Board of
> Equalization found annual revenue increases of 7
> percent in small restaurants and bars in the two
> years after smoking bans went into effect --
> greater growth than in previous years. In
> Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health
> gathered sales-tax data and found that restaurant
> receipts increased by 5 percent to 9 percent in
> towns that had enacted various smoking bans
> between 1992 and 1995. "
> ---------------------
> Info about the Chicago law
>
>
It happened in the bar I go to all the time. Drink sales are up about 25%, and food sales are up over 35%. People aren't afraid to stop in on the way home from work in nice clothes to grab a beer and dinner.
The down side is my biker jacket is losing it's "character"