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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
