Niet alleen de café’s lijden

By admin 16 jaar ago

Er is door een rookverbod niet alleen schade bij de horeca te betreuren maar ook bij personen en organisaties die daar weer hun geld verdienen (tweedehands schade). En er is ook nog derdehands schade: de verkopers van gitaren, orgels, gitaarsnaren en versterkers bijvoorbeeld.

Een werknemer van een Engelse financiële saneringsorganisatie vertelt dat hij na de invoering van het rookverbod niet alleen veel meer aanvragen van pubs binnenkreeg maar ook van muzikanten, DJ’s, komieken, karaoke optredens en soortgelijke kleinschalige ondernemingen. De café’s waar ze optraden kunnen het zich niet meer veroorloven om hun in te huren, Het publiek is te beperkt geworden.

I am 41 and a manager in a leading insolvency practice. I have seen at first hand the devastation caused by this ban due to the massive increase in clients who have earned their living in the hospitality business.

It is not just pub owners. Singers, DJs, comedians, karaoke acts etc are all struggling and their income is dropping dramatically. Bankrupcies and Individual Voluntary Arrangements ( a less severe form of insolvency) are growing because the pubs and clubs cannot afford to pay acts to play in front of smaller audiences. Many have said that they originally thought the ban would be a good idea, but now that they stand to lose everything, would be more than happy to perform in premises where smoking was allowed.

From a personal point of view, my wife and I do not go out anywhere near as much as we used to. We would have eaten out at least once a week but now cook a meal at home. I have a friends who work in restaurants who have told me that their profit per table is down even if the number of covers has remained the same. Previously, smokers would have stayed and had a brandy/liquer/coffee which is highly profitable, but now they just get up and leave to have a smoke outside.

Finally, I do not agree with pubs being allowed to have smoking areas if they do not serve food. Smokers eat too. Separate smoking areas in pubs and restaurants or allowing the owners to make their own choice is the only way forward.

Uit de Gooi- en Eemlander:

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  • "Es ist schwieriger, eine vorgefaßte Meinung zu zertrümmern als ein Atom."
    (Het is moeilijker een vooroordeel aan flarden te schieten dan een atoom.)
    Albert Einstein

  • "Als je alles zou laten dat slecht is voor je gezondheid, dan ging je kapot"
    Anonieme arts

  • "The effects of other people smoking in my presence is so small it doesn't worry me."
    Sir Richard Doll, 2001

  • "Een leugen wordt de waarheid als hij maar vaak genoeg wordt herhaald"
    Joseph Goebbels, Minister van Propaganda, Nazi Duitsland


  • "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • "There''s no such thing as perfect air. If there was, God wouldn''t have put bristles in our noses"
    Coun. Bill Clement

  • "Better a smoking freedom than a non-smoking tyranny"
    Antonio Martino, Italiaanse Minister van Defensie

  • "If smoking cigars is not permitted in heaven, I won't go."
    Mark Twain

  • I've alllllllways said that asking smokers "do you want to quit?" and reporting the results of that question, as is, is horribly misleading. It's a TWO part question. After asking if one wants to quit it must be followed up with "Why?" Ask why and the majority of the answers will be "because I'm supposed to" (victims of guilt and propaganda), not "because I want to."
    Audrey Silk, NYCCLASH