I find the statistics rather suspect. When I see things like "as much as" 20 to 50 percent, I think fudge factor. "As much as" means that this is an example of a high number. I smell industry press release. At best this is anecdotal.
It also seems to assume that there are more smokers than non-smokers, which I believe is no longer the case. While it might be true that smokers along a state line are choosing to drive further for a chance to smoke, I question whether all those smokers in the middle of the state have suddenly quit drinking and eating out. We are two months into a smoking ban in Albuquerque and I see no difference in restaurant numbers around here. I am coughing less. Dana jon hall writes: > http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/08/03/smoking.boon.ap/index.html > > Those hordes of non-smokers that never ate out because of smoking > allowed in restaurants just don't seem to exist. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
