Clearing The Air

Smoking bans take the profit from legitimate businesses.....as the smoking and drinking continue at home

THE days of being able to enjoy a cigarette and a drink at your favourite pub are a thing of the past.

But Michael Castle has rebelled against the smoking ban by setting up a bar at home where his family, friends and neighbours are free to light-up with gin and tonic in hand....

http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/news/Family-s-pub-home-beats-smoking-ban/article-3177839-detail/article.html

Proving once again that smoking bans are destructive to businesses and jobs in the hospitality industry:

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2010/10/minnesota-releases-revenue-numbers-that.html

3,382 UK pubs closed after nationwide smoking ban

South Dakota's smoking ban, just one month old, has already cost the state, charities, and local hospitality businesses millions of dollars in lost revenue

Meanwhile, the bans do little, if anything, to actually reduce smoking rates:

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2009/06/nationwide-smoking-ban-increases-total.html

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2008/12/ap-article-helps-explain-reason-smoking.html

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2010/12/tobacco-control-and-smoking-ban.html

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2008/04/j-js-rwjf-and-tobacco-control-groups.html

posted by marcus aurelius @ 9:55 AM