Objective: To compare the quality and funding source of studies concluding a negative
economic impact of smoke-free policies in the hospitality industry to studies concluding no …

Objectives: To examine the tobacco industry9s use of bar promotions, including their target
groups, objectives, strategies, techniques, and results. Design: Over 2000 tobacco industry …

Using geographic variation in local and state smoke-free bar laws in the US, we observe an
increase in fatal accidents involving alcohol following bans on smoking in bars that is not …

This study estimates the value added to a restaurant by a smoke‐free policy using
regression analysis of the purchase price of restaurants as a function of the presence of a …

Many communities and several states prohibit smoking in bars or restaurants. Using county-
level data on employment from across the US, we find that communities where smoking is …

Objective: To determine if restaurant business declines or improves after the implementation
of restrictive restaurant smoking policies. Design: Analysis used a pre/post-quasi …

This study adds to the limited literature on the demand for casino gaming. The major focus is
on the effect of a statewide smoking ban. A system of slot machine demand equations, one …

Policy‐making is embedded in politics, but an increasing number of issues, like obesity,
tobacco control, or road safety, do not map well on the major dimensions of political conflict …

Internal factors and their impact on the success of restaurants are widely studied in
restaurant research, yet there is little knowledge concerning external factors affecting the …

Voters' preferences for smoking restrictions in restaurants, bars, malls, indoor sporting
events, and hospitals are consistent with state‐level restrictions on smoking in each of these …