Smoking Ban Effects

Smoking bans are spreading across Amerika faster than the invasive species purple loosestrife.

While the politicos would have us believe the spreading smoking bans are for our own good, these bans appear to be having as negative an effect on local economies as the purple loosestrife has on local native ecosystems.

Bar and restaurant owners interviewed by Hawaii Reporter say their business is down between 10 percent and 25 percent since the 2006 smoking ban…

Gov. Linda Lingle, who signed the smoking ban legislation into law, acknowledged after returning from a trip to Japan this past June that Japanese tourism has been impacted.

There is a 10.3 percent decrease in Japanese visitors here in May 2007 over May 2006, according to a state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism report – part of a continuing trend downward. Convention and corporate meeting business from Japan declined between 28 percent and 57 percent in the first give months of 2007 when compared with the same 5 months in 2006; and Japanese tour groups saw a 17 percent drop during this same period.

Individuals should be battling the invasive smoking bans with the same vigor applied in the battle against invasive purple loosestrife.

Defiance – One Puff at a Time

Via The Dougout.

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