Where is the press releases and anecdotal evidence of the new non-smoker customers that we heard so much about?
Where there is smoke, there is fire. No pun intended :) -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, August 4, 2003, 11:18:21 AM, you wrote: DT> I find the statistics rather suspect. When I see things like "as much as" DT> 20 to 50 percent, I think fudge factor. "As much as" means that this is an DT> example of a high number. I smell industry press release. At best this is DT> anecdotal. DT> It also seems to assume that there are more smokers than non-smokers, which DT> I believe is no longer the case. DT> While it might be true that smokers along a state line are choosing to DT> drive further for a chance to smoke, I question whether all those smokers DT> in the middle of the state have suddenly quit drinking and eating out. We DT> are two months into a smoking ban in Albuquerque and I see no difference in DT> restaurant numbers around here. I am coughing less. DT> Dana DT> 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] >> >> 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 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
