yeah well *my* point is that while some individual businesses may suffer the tobacco lobby likes to make it sound like a holocaust for small businesses. And they of course are not biased at all....
jon hall writes: > Yes, they are probably biased. Anyone in the medical field, be it > from the department of health or doing a study on cigarettes, probably > feels that since cigarette smoking is harmful to ones health, the ban > is a good idea. > I don't think a chamber of commerce person is necessary either. If a > business person says their business is suffering because of the ban, > then it probably is. If the ban was good for business, they wouldn't > complain about it. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Monday, August 4, 2003, 2:29:40 PM, you wrote: > DT> ok so you are saying medical studies are biased? You need soemthng from the > DT> chamber of commerce? Somebody probably did do one. > > DT> dana > > DT> jon hall writes: > > >> I find it odd that the business owners and the restaurant association > >> seem to disagree with the government... > >> > >> Personally, I'd believe just about anyone before I believed a > >> department of health's study about economic impact of anything. > >> > >> -- > >> jon > >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Monday, August 4, 2003, 1:55:08 PM, you wrote: > >> LCL> From Crosswalk.com http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1211996.html > >> > >> LCL> Study Shows No Economic Harm From Anti-Smoking Law > >> LCL> David Fein > >> LCL> Correspondent > >> > >> LCL> (CNSNews.com) - A study released by the New York City Department of Health > >> LCL> concludes that the city's four-month-old ban of smoking at restaurants and > >> LCL> bars has had no negative economic results. However, a spokesman for the New > >> LCL> York State Restaurant Association maintains government should "butt out" > >> LCL> when it comes to the issue of smoking. > >> > >> LCL> The study, based on data from the New York Department of Labor, found that > >> LCL> seasonally adjusted employment in the city's restaurants and bars grew by > >> LCL> 0.9 percent between March and June of this year, compared to 0.2 percent in > >> LCL> the same period last year. > >> > >> > >> LCL> The study also noted that restaurant and bar employment grew faster than > >> LCL> the 0.1 percent overall job growth the city experienced since the > >> LCL> smoke-free law took effect. > >> LCL> -- > >> > >> > >> LCL> Ergo no detrimental effects of banning smoking have been found so far. > >> > >> LCL> larry > >> > >> LCL> > >> > DT> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
