Massachusetts Report on Economic Effect of Restaurants Going SmokeFree
- Summarizes a report on the economic effects of restaurant smoking restrictions on restaurant business in Massachusetts. Concludes it did not lead to a decrease in business.
- http://www.mass.gov/dph/mtcp/legal/workplacelaw_review_20042005.pdf

Canada: Courageous Canary
- Tells the story of Heather Crowe, who has lung cancer from secondhand smoke at the restaurant where she worked.
- http://you-are-the-target.com/TCC.html

Colorado Breath: Bar and Restaurant Employees Against Tobacco Hazards
- News, education, and advocacy for restaurant and bar workers.
- http://www.breathcolorado.org/

New York City's Smoke-Free Air Act Has Not Hurt Restaurant Business
- Researchers at Cornell University found that a smoke-free policy for restaurants attracts more business and revenue than it drives away.
- http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=65

Restaurant/Bar Smoking Ban Has Not Hurt CA Business
- In contrast to predictions of economic ruin, bars around the state appear to have enjoyed a healthy increase in business during the first year of smokefree bars, 1999 sales data show.
- http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=62

Thirty Compelling Reasons to Become a Smoke-Free Restaurant
- Article from GASP of Colorado lists the reasons.
- http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=68

Study of Smoking Ban in Restaurants
- Research finds that New York City's smoking ban has not hurt business.
- http://www.gasp.org/restaurants.html#Ban

Impact of a Smoking Ban on Restaurant and Bar Revenues
- Research finds no effect on El Paso restaurant and bar revenues occurred after a strong smokefree ordinance went into effect in 2002.
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5307a2.htm

No Change in Tourism after Restaurants go Smokefree
- Debunking tobacco industry arguments, economic analysis shows that in fact smokefree laws do not hurt tourist business, and may even increase business.
- http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/281/20/1911

Restaurants and Bars that go Cigarette-free Often Prosper
- Restaurant owner writes that when his restaurant went smokefree, business did not suffer, and this is the trend.
- http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/abstract/204942071.html?did=204942071&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&PMID=33538&desc=LONG+ISLAND+TOPIC+%2f+Smoking+Out+the+Truth+%2f+Restaurants+and+bars+that+go+cigarette-free+often+prosper

Non-Smoking Restaurants in Paris, in France and in the World
- From the French Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Droit à l'air pur.
- http://www.droit-air-pur.com/no-smoking restaurants.htm

Economic Impact of the Smokefree Bar Law in California
- Summary of latest research on effect on bar revenues of going smokefree.
- http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_15542.htm

Assessment of the Impact of a 100% Smoke-Free Ordinance on Restaurant Sales
- When the city of West Lake Hills, Texas, went smoke-free, restaurant sales were studied before and after.
- http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/Restaurants_MMWR.html

Quality of Studies of The Economic Effects of Smokefree Policies on the Hospitality Industry
- Scientific article reviews almost 100 economic studies on the economic effects of smokefree policies at restaurants and bars.
- http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/4/DC1

TobaccoScam
- Explains and documents how the tobacco industry sells restaurants and bars the lie that smokefree laws will hurt them.
- http://www.tobaccoscam.org/

Letter from San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce
- In 1990, San Luis Obispo, California became the first city in the world to ban smoking in all public buildings including bars and restaurants. Since then, the number of eating and drinking establishments in the city have grown, taxable transacations from
- http://www.tobacco.org/News/010129garth.html

Smoke-free Restaurant Laws
- Graphs restaurant revenues before and after smokefree laws.
- http://www.repace.com/fact_rest.html

Smoke-Free Bars Still Successful
- June 1998 sales tax receipts indicate bar business is doing well in California after going smokefree.
- http://hotel-online.com/Neo/News/PressReleases1998_2nd/June98_DataSmokeFree.html

Effect of smokefree bar law on bar revenues in California
- Objective data (sales tax) and rigorous analysis (multiple linear regression analysis) reveals that smokefree bars laws are not bad for the bar business; on the contrary, these laws appear to be good for business.
- http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/1/111a

Maine Declares Restaurant Smoke Ban a Success
- When Maine's restaurants went smokefree, business in restaurants increased during the first three quarters the law was on the books.
- http://www.no-smoking.org/sept00/09-20-00-2.html

Restaurants Mark One Year Smoke-free
- News article on the one-year anniversary of restaurants going smoke-free in Springfield, Massachusetts reports that fears of lost business "have disappeared along with the smoke".
- http://www.masslive.com/springfield/unionnews/index.ssf?/news/pstories/se33smok.html

Economic Impacts of Smoke-Free Environments
- Effect of going smokefree on restaurants, bars, hotels, tourism, and sales.
- http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/economic.htm