hehe yea MD was i think the 1st or 2nd state to have a statewide smoking ban. I think it was first with CA being second with a FAR stricker rule but it was defiantly sweet living in such a great state.
I miss my old maryland *sniff* :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:05 PM Subject: Re: Where are the non-smokers? > exactly. And bars and restaurants are different cases; bars probably do > have a higher percentage of smoker patrons. > > Seems to me that Montgomery County MD was non-smoking ten years ago and it > certainly has a healthy population of restaurants. I will grant that the > overall affluent demographic there may be a factor in this but demographics > in general play into this a lot. Smoking it less common among the educated, > I seem to remember reading; assuming that is true a blue-collar bar > conceivably could lose business if all its mechanic/tow truck driver > customers decide to get a six pack and hang out at each other's houses > instead of going out.... I know that's a stereotype but I am just giving an > example. > > Dana > > Ian Skinner writes: > > > The other way that "up too" could be misleading is of only one establishment > > lost that much business for this or any other fact, they are then held up as > > both the example and the reason you can say up too... even if all the other > > places are not suffering like this..... > > > > -------------- > > Ian Skinner > > Web Programmer > > BloodSource > > Sacramento, CA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:51 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Where are the non-smokers? > > > > > > I question whethet this is in fact the case. Somebody somewhere has > > probably studied it but I don't have any statistics to hand. Still, that > > link wasnproof of anything either. > > > > Dana > > > > Matthew Small writes: > > > > > Actually, I don't ever think there was a message that non-smokers did not > > > frequent bars & restaurants because of smoking. the ban was to > > non-smokers > > > that work in those places, and to protect non-smoking customers from being > > > exposed to smoker's air. > > > > > > That being said, and the fact that I have fully supported the smoking ban > > in > > > a restaurant, if the facts are true that banning smoking is causing > > > restaurants to lose that much (30% - 50%) of their business, then I > > support > > > repealing the ban in favor of very stringent rules for separating the > > > smoking section from a non-smoking section - e.g. completely enclosed > > > smoking areas, different ventilation systems, etc. Of course, that does > > not > > > protect the non-smoking workers. I don't know what to do about them. > > > > > > - Matt Small > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:54 AM > > > Subject: RE: Where are the non-smokers? > > > > > > > > > > Well... > > > > > > > > It does say something about Non Smokers. > > > > > > > > If you ban smoking...and you lose 20% to 50% of your sales... > > > > > > > > Then that means you have lost smoking customers. > > > > > > > > It also means that those smoking customers whom you have lost, have > > > > *not* been replaced with non-smoking customers. > > > > > > > > Part of the reasoning for the ban was that there were thousands of > > > > non-smokers that do not frequent bars and restaurants because of the > > > > smoke,ergo if there was no smoking these people would patronise these > > > > institutions. > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > That doesn't say anything about non smokers it simply says the smokers > > > > are going where they can still pollute the air thats all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
