Nieuw onderzoek in New York
De New York Nightlife Association heeft de uitkomsten bekend gemaakt van een nieuw onderzoek dat aantoont dat New York’s algemene rookverbod desastreus is voor het nachtleven in die stad.
34% van de bars heeft, sinds het rookverbod werd ingevoerd, gemiddeld 18% van hun werknemers moeten ontslaan. 74% van de bareigenaren wijt dat aan de invoering van het rookverbod.
The survey, conducted by International Communications Research of 300 bars, hotel lounges and nightclubs, found that 34 percent of bars, hotels and nightclubs have reduced staff by an average 18 percent since the ban took effect, and 74 percent of those establishments blame the layoffs on the ban. The survey also showed that 76 per cent of them have lost customers by an average of 30 percent. And 78 percent of businesses reported a negative impact on their businesses.
“Before the smoking ban was passed, we told government leaders that bars and nightclubs would take the brunt of the economic fallout,” said NYNA president David Rabin. “This survey confirms that devastation. The smoking ban is driving a multibillion-dollar nightlife industry into the ground.”
(New York Post, 12/10/03)