Smoking ban consequences
A study done by the Pioneer Press has found that there has been no doomsday for bars and restaurants as a result of smoking bans passed in the Twin Cities. This seems to be in line with reality. Some time ago on MPR I heard a few bar owners who are against the ban say that "thousands" of employees had been laid off as a result of the ban, while a spokesman from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development said that only about a dozen hospitality workers had filed for unemployment benefits as a result of being laid off.
I find myself going out more than before, although it's not entirely due to the smoking ban. However, it is definitely nice to not come home reeking of smoke. Over Thanksgiving, I spent time in a place that does not have a smoking ban, and I could definitely notice the difference.
posted by MN Politics Guru @ 18:14
5 Comments:
Right you are, Guru. I wish more people had heard the MPR report. Certainly the Pioneer Press study had the some in the pro-smoke crowd buzzing at last night's public hearing in Saint Paul.
"Lies!"
"Untrue!"
"Liberal bias!" (Pioneer Press?)
I also commented on both reports in this post:
http://www.alamn.org/media/2005/12/truth-check-time.html
It's a shame that smoking bans started to be put in place just as the scientific case against them has unraveled in a big way. A recent study by David Kuneman and Michael McFadden has shown that smoking bans do not lead to a decrease in heart attack rates in states with current bans. Another study by James Enstrom and Geoffrey Kabat shows that ETS scarcely correlates with heart disease at all. When one considers these studies, along with the many previous studies showing no link between premature mortality and ETS, one clearly sees that the remaining reasons for smoking bans have more to with aesthetics than public health. Go to www.nycclash.com to see how the smoking ban in New York is really faring.
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) causes disease in non-smokers. Workplace bans on smoking are interventions to reduce exposure to ETS to try to prevent harmful health effects. The Irish Government on the 29th March 2004 introduced the first national comprehensive legislation banning smoking in all workplaces including bars and restaurants. http://www.chantixhome.com/
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