It's not the tobacco lobby saying anything, it's the restaurant owners and the restaurant owners association.
-- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, August 4, 2003, 2:47:06 PM, you wrote: DT> yeah well *my* point is that while some individual businesses may suffer DT> the tobacco lobby likes to make it sound like a holocaust for small DT> businesses. And they of course are not biased at all.... DT> jon hall writes: >> 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
