Bar Press Releases

New Videos Available on Smoke-Free Restaurants, Bars & Hotels

CONTACT:
Paul McIntyre or
Jean Carter
(916) 780-0226
 
Immediate Release: October 23, 2007

The movement toward smoke-free restaurants, bars, and hotels is moving forward with the force of a freight train and three new videos, on how going smoke-free is good for health and good for business, provide facts and hospitality worker testimonials on how to prepare for this inevitable change.
 
In recent years, a growing number of states and cities have enacted smoke-free laws covering all workplaces, including restaurants and bars. Today, more than half of the nation's population lives in areas that have passed laws requiring smoke-free restaurants and bars, and many hotels are doing it voluntarily. Public approval ratings of this change are high!
 
The scientific evidence has been amassing just as quickly. "Initial fears of economic disaster have proven to be unfounded. States, communities and businesses across the country are finding that smoke-free laws are easily implemented, have broad public support and do not hurt business," says Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke's (KIISS) President Paul McIntyre. Scores of studies on secondhand smoke have borne out conclusions as to its dangers, culminating in the Surgeon General's 2006 release of a groundbreaking report detailing secondhand smoke's indisputable and serious health consequences. With the danger of smoke-filled workplaces no longer debatable, legal liability is becoming a bigger issue than ever.
 
KIISS's just released smoke-free videos for restaurant, bar and hotel workers can be ordered, or downloaded directly from KIISS' website at http://www.kiiss.org/bars/tools/video.html or by calling 916-780-0226. They can also be seen on YouTube.