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 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
