To: HarryDunne
good pointNo point.
We've documented again and again that smoking bans hurt bars and restaurants, with or without bars.
The anti-smokers are always saying that the non-smoking population will make up for the smokers staying away.
Is there 15% of the population, at a conservative estimate, that doesn't smoke that doesn't go out NOW that WOULD go out because there is no more smoking in a business?
I don't have any scientific proof but I doubt it.
16 posted on
07/03/2003 11:35:58 AM PDT by
Just another Joe
(FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Just another Joe
Imagine a state where the majority smoked and the state passed a law that said NO PRIVATE BUSINESS may prohibit smoking. Would the other side of this issue have any reason to complain?
17 posted on
07/03/2003 11:42:03 AM PDT by
Mark
(Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
To: Just another Joe
but maybe the food was lousy.
To: Just another Joe
The anti-smokers are always saying that the non-smoking population will make up for the smokers staying away.Two things:
1. "anti-smoker" is not the same as "anti-smoking"
2. That's an exaggerated, if not entirely baseless, generalization.
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