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i ru�=—rt*,C.C. �v�JFlLi i :�7 „v. � �� iTr�.��.��u,� �-r�r • �' � ��, ��,�� Document 13 _ : ,. ' r � S � Tourism r nd Hotel � Reven�es Before a� d After Passage of Smok��Free Restaurant Ordinarices + �.a��fl .+� � � ' J�,�ra�,aa-a� �a�u�� : s rt� �ta�� Yx�►r sECOrm- hand cvbacc4;smoke endaa- �' �ers riocLSm��trs �S accu- t �u]�te�11 �are and more ' communiria have el�uaated smok-' ing ai publicplaces and arkplacas. As � of Sepermber 1998, 21 cozamunidcs and 3��# h3d laws maadat- ing smoke-free resrau u' and 1 sute �California*? �nd 31 ca uniri.cs' had t enacted local ardiaav�es requiring �raolr�-��rs. Thes� ��n��mt onlp procect aonsmo [rer.a rh� tox ins in secondhand smo they also csr ace � erivis+�rmnent i.t encn�uages smokns to qw�.' Ilie tobacco industt� rlgorously op- � poses r.h.ae public hea]r� me�surrs t� t pmtect its sal�. � r�� delmtes ovrr i chae laws, it is co�ma� for the Uo- ; bacco industry (acd!.pg directly� or i clirough [ron[ groups� �o �i�x that these ordinances a cait severe eco- no�mic problems far� che ��auraa�s and, bars. After Glanrz sn� �ith°,lo pub- lished �:Keir study d�vo uaong chat ; smoke-bet c�staur.uu ��n�' ances hav�c i h a d no e.t�ect o n resuuruic rer�stues ai �he first 15 cides to pa�s such ordi- nances, the tobacca ind s cl.� of econnmie clians lost Qed�p, � ^r. Far� in California �ad �o rado, �ae the cities were locoted Glan[z and Smick�'�" la�nrnpdared � saidyand ex- tendedit to includesmo�bas. Suh- . sequent y'arL� by ath I tesearchers ' �•' +�s+r Cont�xt Claims that ordlnances requiring smoke-fr�e �ur�ra� wlll adversely af- feck tounsm have been used i� argue �nst g�ssu�garch ordinances. Data exlst re- garding the valldlty of these claims. ObJ�etiv� To de�rmincthe changesin hotel revenues end ir�tematlonal tounsm af- ter passage of smokrfree �urant ot+dtnances In locales where the effect has been debated. Desian Ccrop� son of hotel rrvrnues and taurlsm �t�s before and �r pas,age of 100yo smoke-frce restaurant ordlnances and comparlsan with UShotef revenue overall. S�ttittr Three statrs tCallfnmis. Utah, and �+�rt� and 6 cit�es (Boulder. Coto; Flag- staff, Arir, Lns 1�1�xlrs. Callf; M�, Ari� New York, NY; and San Franclsco, Cali� in whlch the effect on tnurism of sroke-free restaurant ordlnances had been debated. Maln Outcom�' M�asuns Hotel room revenues and hotel revenues as a fratiipn of total tetall sales compared wlth preardlnance r�venues and overall US revenues. Reiul�t 'In tonstant 1997 dollars, passage of t� stlloke-free restaurant ot�dfnance was associabed with a statls�tically slgnificant incrw�v In 1he rate of change of hotel revtnua In 4 Incallties, no slgnlflcant change in 4�� arid a sign�icant sfowing In the rafr oflnaease (but notadecrease)In 1 locallty. There was no slgnificant chsnge in the rata of change of hateE rcvenues as a fractlon of total retail sales {� _.16i or total US hotel revenues assodated wlth the ordfnances whm pooled across all loeall- ties (P =.93). IrrtEmafiona! tourism was eltherunaffected or inaeased fnllowing implo- ment�don af the smoke-free ordinances. Canclusten 5moke-frce ordlnances do notappearko adversely affect, and rrray In- c��,tourist business. J�+��4. 7��1;il1i.1978 www.�unicom yirlded sim,ila findings for sroke-free restaurant ondinancrs in 89 cities in 6 �raps.� Despite tobacco indu�saypro- cestaci�oas to the contrazy, all �he ciapiri- csl evidmce supports the proposidoa that smokc�fz�ec resavraQit orduzancES do aoc hurt che restaw-ant b�sL�� �5-s � ua�•� indvs�s �]eims �f adr�� xe6 � �e r�uraa�a�db� bu,.�-mr.� bave Lost �rtdibillt}r, it bu•3 �- v�aced a a.e� s��aa ratc a;gumc�e b�ins� P�s-'�� smolae-fra resm„�^� or�n��t�: [V�.as� 4a d�ces „�i55 � .,rr-.�,.- t•+� • -. x •� }�•+��r+.a•-r�-„�� . � � uersel}* a�'ec[ tourism. Tn some places. dit indusay i� cla.imed claac �o� �om counaies such as Japan and Ger- �r�be��jrat�ected, There is only 1 study of 1 ciry on the effeccs af a smoke-£rce ordinance on tour- ism.la W� [dendfied 3 sr�tes and 6�[- �1qpQ�,u�p��eae x+seb,� �or r��tA P�A� S� I� G�p�p'trtlC� � �►� unh�� 111k1ti fY� 5aei � Caa��n!!n� �4ukha� ��d �R�� Smnian � � r,�,�tw�+a r��, ��r�� I'w�i 3�w fr+�m, Sry F��r�to. G�k 9�7U- DiS� trr.uL' �i.r��r'�u�.rau�. L�.4�14i k�a� ]d :�k'mL i$ I, No. 20 197 i �� .- _, . � � - � • r ,. ,.. �� r rti� � �� - �� _