Houstonist: Business owners react to no-smoking proposal

spyglass

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:37:25 -0600

Here's another one for you: http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=169761&SecID=2 "Smoking bans don't hurt the bar business". Yeah, Right.

spyglass

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:32:23 -0600

it didn't hurt business in Austin? Are you kidding me? Check out this statistics. http://www.keepaustinfree.com/ I personally know one bartender who lost their job as a result of the smoking ban. I know a bar owner who owns 3 bars in Austin. All 3 are still down 30% after over a year of the smoking ban.

Bktxn

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:31:44 -0600

Houston will survive a smoking ban. I lived through the New York smoking ban and after a couple of months the bar business was right back where it was prior to the smoking ban.

Caroline

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:41:17 -0600

Of all the cities I've lived in (NYC, LA, and Dublin , Ireland) Houston is the only one that doesn't have a ban like this already, and Dubliners smoke way more than any Americans I've ever encountered. I was actually in residence when New York and Dublin enacted their bans and Dublin pub owners complained about lagging business for about two weeks, before they started praising the measure for getting non-smokers to frequent their establishments. New Yorkers took a little longer to warm up to the idea, but eventually even the smokers I knew said it was a good idea. And I don't have to tell you how nice it is to come home from a night on the town and *not* smell like a bloody ashtray!

Expat

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:01:27 -0600

Hmm...I could have sworn...maybe there was just some debate about it. Either way I hope it succeeds in Houston.

M

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:11:25 -0600

There's no smoking ban in Nashville. Tennesee state law sets all rules on tobacco.

Expat

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:54:24 -0600

Or here in DC, or in Nashville when I lived there. I'm psyched to hear that its coming to Houston.

jack

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:53:57 -0600

It didn't hurt business in Austin.