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August 2007, Vol 97, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1400-1402
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.095315

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Effect of Smoke-Free Laws on Bar Value and Profits

Benjamin Alamar, PhD and Stanton A. Glantz, PhD

The authors are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of California, San Francisco.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Stanton A. Glantz, PhD, 530 Parnassus St, Suite 366, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-1390 (e-mail: glantz{at}medicine.ucsf.edu).

The tobacco industry has claimed that smoke-free bar laws caused bar revenues to decline by 30%. After we controlled for economic variables, we found that bars located in areas with smoke-free laws sold for prices that were comparable to prices for similar bars in areas with no smoking restrictions. Other studies have reported that sales did not decline, and we also found that neither price nor sales declined. Therefore, bar owners’ concerns that smoke-free laws will reduce the value of their bars are unfounded.




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