Restaurant Related News

• Food, drink sales up since smoking ban. Published: June 12, 2007
  
• Only 100 percent smoke-free environments adequately protect from dangers of second-hand smoke. Published: May 29, 2007
  
• New report: Smoke-free ordinances allow for healthy hospitality industry. Published: February 12, 2007
  
• Study: 16,000 Smokers Quit Since Smoking Ban Took Effect. Published: December 13, 2006
  
• New York State's Ban on Workplace Smoking Marks Third Successful Year. Published: August 1, 2006
  
• California Identifies Second-Hand Smoke as a "Toxic Air Contaminant". Published: January 26, 2006
  
• New Study Links Smoke-Free Ordinances to Fewer Heart Attacks. Published: November 14, 2005
  
• Study Finds Secondhand Smoke in Bars and Restaurants Leads To Increased Levels Of Cancer-Causing Toxins in Workers. Published: May 10, 2005
  
• Secondhand Smoke Poses Heart Attack Risk, CDC Warns. Published: April 23, 2004
  
• Bar/Restaurant Business Up 12 Percent in Smokefree New York. Published: January 5, 2004
  
• Man Suffers Fatal Coronary after Testifying that Risk from Tobacco Smoke is "Baloney." Published: November 26, 2003
  
• Cancer Down in California as Smoking Rates Plummet. Lung cancer Down 19.5 Percent; Smoking Rates Down 27 Percent. Published: November 18, 2003
  
• Zagat Restaurant Survey Provides more Evidence that New York City's Smoke-Free Law is Not Hurting Business. Published: October 21, 2003
  
• An Air Quality Survey of Respirable Particles and Particulate Carcinogens in Delaware Hospitality Venues Before and After a Smoking Ban. Published: February 7, 2003 (*PDF)
  
• Maine Passes Smokefree Bars and Pool Halls. Published: June 15, 2003
  
• Connecticut Becomes 4th State to Go Smokefree. Published: May 24, 2003
  
• No Smoking Signs May Go Up in Bars and Restaurants. Published: April 30, 2003
  
• Legislature Considering Outlawing Smoking in Bars. Published: April 29, 2003
  
• Review of the Quality of Studies on the Economic Effects of Smoke-Free Policies on the Hospitality Industry (*PDF)
  
• Delaware Senate Votes to Keep Smokefree Workplace Law/Letter from Governor Ruth Ann Minner. Published: April 8, 2003
  
• Six-Month Public Smoking Ban Slashes Heart Attack Rate in Community. Published: April, 2003
  
• Mayor Optimistic about Ban. Published: March 31, 2003
  
• Norway Proposes Smokefree Law to Protect Employees. Published: March, 2003
  
• New Jersey, Maryland Latest to Try Snuffing Out Smoking. Published: February 24, 2003
  
• Which State Will Be Next to go Smoke-Free. Published: February, 2003
  
• Smoking Foes Move to Clear the Air. Published: January 16, 2003
  
• In Shift, Restaurant Group Backs Smoking Ban. Published: January 15, 2003
  
• Smoking Bill is Adopted as Council Ends its Year. Published: December 19, 2002
  
• Verdict Upheld in Airline Smoke Death. Published: Friday, December 13, 2002
  
• Waitress with Lung Cancer from Secondhand Smoke Wins Case - Ottawa Citizen. Published: Thursday, October 10, 2002
  
• After the Air Clears. Published: September 4, 2002
  
• Eateries Weigh Smoking Ban. Published: August 30, 2002
  
• Passive Smoke Worse in Workplace than in Home. Published: August 30, 2002
  
• New York Mayor Proposes Citywide Smoking Ban. Published: August 13, 2002
  
• Health Experts: Second-Hand Smoke Causes Lung Cancer. Published: June 19, 2002
  
• The New York Post Opinions. Published: April 30, 2002
  
• Smoke Free Restaurants No Drag on Profits. Published: April 25, 2002
  
• U.S. to Pursue Lawsuit to Curb Cigarette Marketing. Published: March 12, 2002
  
• Advocate Clears the Air: Smoke-Free Eateries Boost Sales, Health of Diners and Workers. Published: February 25, 2002
  
• Restaurateurs Must Send Strong Signals in Debate Over Smoking-Ban Proposals. Published: February 18, 2002
  
• Groups Push to Outlaw Indoor Smoking. Published: October 23, 2001
  
• Canada Ban. Published: July 12, 2001
  
• Though Smoking Bill Fails in Albany, Hopes for Ban Persist. Published: June 25, 2001