I eat out more and enjoy it more since Albuquerque passed the clean indoor air ordinance in June :) There :) Anecdotal evidence :)
Seriously, there may be something to this issue but I am not convinced :) Dana jon hall writes: > 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 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
