Lifting the Smoking Ban Philadelphia

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Lifting the Smoking Ban -Philadelphia

• Bars are for Drinking and Smoking!

Smoking
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The Smoking Ban And What It Will Mean

• Originally, the proposed smoking ban would
  prohibit smoking in all public places including
  restaurants, bars, coffee houses, hookah bars,
  and cigar bars
• As of May 26th, 2005 amendments to the bill
  include exempting sidewalk cafes, offering
  private clubs (tobacco stores) a waiver and
  giving bars an additional two years to become
  smoke-free (Philly OKs revisions)
• If the revised legislation is passed and signed
  into law, the ban will take effect in January of
  the upcoming year.
  
• Bars, defined as establishments where food sales
  account for no more than 10 percent of receipts ,
  would have until 2008 to become smoke-free
  (Philly OKs revisions)

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So Whats With The Cloud of Smoke?

• Health Reasons
• For patrons of establishments
• As well as for those working in the hospitality
  industry
  
• Economical Reasons
• Based on the latest survey taken by LibertyPoll,
  of 1,000 residents in the tri-county, 10-county
  region shows that 31 percent would be much more
  likely to go to the Citys bars and restaurants
  if they were required by law to be smoke free
  (Philadelphia Smoking Ban)

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The Poll(According to LibertyPoll)

• 31 percent said they would be much more likely to
  go to Philadelphias bar and restaurants if
  smoking were prohibited
  
• 9 percent said they would be somewhat more
  likely
  
• 6 percent said they would be much less likely
• 8 percent said they would be somewhat less
  likely
  
• 45 percent said a ban would not change their
  current behavior
  
• 1 percent did not have a response or declined to
  respond
  
• People from New Castle County, Delaware, where a
  smoking ban is in effect, would be significantly
  more likely to go to a Philadelphia bar or
  restaurant if a smoking ban were enacted
• Among 18-24 year-olds, 40 percent say they are
  much more likely to go to smoke-free bars and
  restaurants
  
• Women would be significantly more likely to go to
  a Philadelphia bar or restaurant if a smoking ban
  were enacted
  

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LibertyPoll Chart
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What The Poll Doesnt Tell You

• The percentage of smokers who will choose not to
  patron bars as a result of the ban.
  
• The primary argument for smokers is that instead
  of going to the local bar, they would most likely
  go straight home after a long hard day of work
  according to the article, Haze of opinion hangs
  over the plan to ban smoking (Sweeney)
• The number of bars that will open up in other
  counties without the ban, instead of in
  Philadelphia
  
• If the ban passes, Dennis and John OConnor,
  owners of two Kellianns bars will open it in
  Chester County, instead (Sweeney)

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But its too cold to smoke outside!

• Most restaurants generally have smoking and
  non-smoking sections, or a total non-smoking
  policy
  
• As someone who has worked as a waitress, I can
  tell you that theres a huge difference between
  the amount of smoke found in a bar and in a
  restaurants smoking section. Generally, people
  do not sit down for a meal and chain-smoke
  (Rockar)
• Its hypocritical to ban smoking at places where
  drinking is still legal. The two go hand in
  hand. Theyre both bad for you, according to
  bartender Brenna McGinnis, a 23 year old smoker
  (Sweeney)

Baby, we would go great together!
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What The Lawmakers Ought To Do

• Meet half way ban smoking in restaurants allow
  smoking in bars. After all, we eat at
  restaurants because of the food and the
  atmosphere. We pay visits to bars in order to
  release the stress we bear and our daily
  inhibitions.

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Works Cited

• Rockar, Amara. An unnecessary ban. Daily
  Pennsylvanian Column, 02/25/05. LexusNexus.
  Temple Library, Philadelphia, PA. 08/03/05
  http//web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
• Sweeney, Rory. Haze of opinion hangs over the
  plan to ban smoking. Philadelphia Inquirer
  Column, 03/09/05. LexusNexus. Temple Library,
  Philadelphia, PA. 08/03/05 http//web.lexis-nexis.
  com/universe
• Nearly One-Third of Philadelphia Residents Say
  They Would Be More Likely to Go to Citys
  Bars/Restaurants if Smoking Ban is Enacted. U.S.
  Newswire 03/07/05 LexusNexus. Temple University,
  Philadelphia, PA. 08/03/05 http//web.lexis-nexis.
  com/universe
• Philly council OKs revisions to smoking ban
  proposal. The Associated Press State Local
  Wire 05/26/05. LexusNexus. Temple Library,
  Philadelphia, PA. 08/03/05 http//web.lexis-nexis.
  com/universe