Tourism and Hotel Revenues Before and After Passage of Smoke-Free Restaurant Ordinances
Open Access
- 26 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 281 (20) , 1911-1918
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.281.20.1911
Abstract
As the evidence that secondhand tobacco smoke endangers nonsmokers has accumulated,1,2 more and more communities have eliminated smoking in public places and workplaces. As of September 1998, 212 communities and 3 states had enacted laws mandating smoke-free restaurants3 and 1 state (California4) and 31 communities3 had enacted local ordinances requiring smoke-free bars. These ordinances not only protect nonsmokers from the toxins in secondhand smoke, they also create an environment that encourages smokers to quit.5Keywords
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