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- From: James Hepler <hepstyle AT gmail.com>
- To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:02:00 -0400
My only real qualn with smoking bans is that really, an establishment should
be able to appeal to smokers if it wants to. I can live with an all-out
ban, but what I would like to see is a way out for bars who want to allow
smoking. I mean, maybe a special license or tax for a bar to remain smoker
friendly, because in a town where almost every establishment is smoke free,
a few smoker speakeasies would be super lucrative, and there is certainly no
law that says you HAVE to go into a smoky bar if you don't smoke.
Given that there are increasing numbers of smoke free options, doesn't it
seem somewhat unfair to force the hands of businesses? Is there not a
decidedly selfish aspect of this idea?
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Nathaniel Florin <npflorin AT gmail.com>wrote:
> I was living in Cambridge when smoking bans were put into effect in
> Boston and eventually the surrounding areas. There were studies done
> afterwards that suggested that restaurant revenues went up by something
> like 9 or 10%, while alcohol sales stayed more or less flat (both in a
> then-growing local economy). However, four of my five favorite bars all
> rapidly went from thriving to defunct (two later reopened with the same
> name but in somewhat different forms). There's probably a profile to be
> drawn of the sort of place that died, but other than to say that all of
> the casualties I knew were neighborhood-based, it's easier to say that
> places that did fine seemed to be ones with some combination of young
> crowds, real restaurants, shows, DJs, dancing, and sports on TV.
>
> The point is that I think one can argue that a ban will have little or
> no net effect, but not that it will have no effect.
>
> Nate
>
>
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smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
grady, 03/09/2009
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RE: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
Katherine Carpenter, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
grady, 03/10/2009
- Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh, James Hepler, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
Kevin Slater, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
Gary Miller, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
Nathaniel Florin, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
James Hepler, 03/10/2009
- Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh, local506, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
James Hepler, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
Nathaniel Florin, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
Gary Miller, 03/10/2009
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Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
grady, 03/10/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh, Ehren Gresehover, 03/10/2009
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RE: smoking-in-bars survey at NewRaleigh,
Katherine Carpenter, 03/10/2009
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