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statistically significant changes in restaurantand bar revenues occurred after the smoking <br />ban took effect." <br />• In a study comparing 5 counties with restaurant smoking ordinances and 5 similar <br />counties with no such ordinances, no adverse economic effects were found on the <br />restaurant industry. This study was conducted in North Carolina, the number one <br />tobacco-producingstate in the U.S.'� <br />One year following implementation of a smoking ban in New York City, business <br />receipts for restaurants and bars have increased, employmenthas risen, virtually all <br />establishments are complying with the law, and the number of new liquor licenses has <br />increased. The vast majority of New Yorkers support the law and say they are more <br />likely to patronize bars and restaurants now that they are smoke-free." <br />Trends Regarding Minnesota and National Smoke-Free Policies <br />In Minnesota, smoke-free ordinances have been enacted in Duluth, Cloquet, Moose Lake, and <br />Olmsted County. Cities that have recently proposed smoke-free workplace or restaurants and <br />bars ordinances are Minneapolis, St. Paul, Moorhead and Bemidji. Several other Minnesota <br />cities are also studying this issue. One-quarter of Minnesota restaurants have voluntarily gone <br />smoke-free. <br />Altogether, there are 291 municipalities, in 25 states, with 100 percent smoke-free coverage in at <br />least one of the three main categories (workplaces, restaurants, and bars). Since some have 100 <br />percent smoke-free coverage in more than one category, the numbers are not mutually <br />�xclusi+�c,'• <br />As of April 2004, nine states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Maine, New <br />York, South Dakota, Utah) had passed laws prohibiting smoking in at least one category <br />(workplaces, restaurants, or bars� " In Massachusetts, a bill to ban indoor smoking in all <br />workplaces —including bars and restaurants —is awaiting the Governor's sig�i�t�� Note: In <br />June 2004, this bill was signed into law <br />As of Apri12004, 92.3 million Americans (32.8 percent of the population) are covered by 100 <br />percent smoke-free workplace and/or restaurant andlor bar ���,� <br />Majority of Minnesotans Prefer Smoke-Free Public Places <br />A Market Strategies survey commissioned by the Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition in August <br />2002 found that 79 percent of Minnesota voters would support a law requiring smoke-free <br />workplaces, public buildings, and restaurants. The survey found that support transcends party <br />and ideological differences, with a majority of self-identifiedRepublicans, Democrats, and <br />Independents strongly supporting such legislation.31 <br />A November 2001 poll by Hill Research Consultants found that 78 percent of Minnesotans <br />(including 51 percent of smokers) supported a new local law that would make all workplaces <br />
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