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Posted: 10:49 PM Sep 8, 2008
Kanawha Smoking Ban Impacting Bars' Business
No smoking, no business – Kanawha County bar owners said they have the numbers to prove it. They blame the economic slide on an extended smoking ban, which went into effect on July 1, forbidding smoking in bars and gambling parlors.
Reporter: Will JonesEmail Address: will.jones@wsaz.com |
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KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – No smoking, no business – Kanawha County bar owners said they have the numbers to prove it.
They blame the economic slide on an extended smoking ban, which went into effect on July 1, forbidding smoking in bars and gambling parlors.
"It's not just an inconvenience," said Greg White of the Nitro Moose Lodge. "It's crippling us. ...It has actually crippled everything we do."
White said the extended smoking ban is taking a toll on his bottom line.
But Brenda Isaac, an official with the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, said smoking in public establishments is harming others' health.
"It's never a goal to shut down businesses, but it's our goal to make businesses safe," she said.
White estimates that his establishment lost as much as $65,000 in August alone.
"We're considering all kinds of options right now," he said. "But when you don't have the dollars to make the bills ...there is very little option left. It's driving everybody out of business."
Some bar owners said they noticed a dip in business before the smoking ban went into effect. They said it might be because of the economy, but said they have discussed taking legal action against the health board. For its part, the health department reported that it has actually received more positive calls about the ban than negative ones.
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Quite honestly I believe everyone writing this comments is missing the point of this ban. This ban is not to punish smokers, and not to glorify so called "righteous non-smokers" (which is a stupid nick name anyway because non-smokers are the ones that deal with stress on their own, and don't need a nicotine buzz to "relax" themselves, keeping themselves healthier and alive longer then smokers. this is not "righteous". Just smart.) This ban is to help protect people. Just being introduced to second hand smoke for a short amount of time can increase your risk of a heart attack by 25%. Secondhand smoke has been estimated to cause 46,000 (ranging from 22,700 to 69,600) deaths per year from heart disease in adult nonsmokers. And don't try to tell anyone that all these facts are myths. Smokers are taking a chunk of tobacco rolled in paper lighting it on fire and sucking in the smoke that comes from it. That's like putting a tube next to a bon fire and sucking all the smoke coming from it
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no good comes out of bars anyway. Nothing but DUI's and Murders. I say shut the stupid bars down all together.
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i look at it like this: if your not to good to drink beer then your not to good to smoke a cigarette, personally i prefer them together.
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