Kansas Smoking Ban Study
By: Jeremiah Cook
Updated: January 28, 2013
TOPEKA -- In 2010, a ban on smoking in Kansas restaurants, bars, places of employment and the lobbies and hallways of apartments and motels went into effect. A recent study took into account sales of food, alcoholic beverages and other items to determine the impact of the ban. The results of the Kansas Health Institute study showed a steady increase in sales each year, with the exception of a slight drop in 2010. The study does point out that many Kansans already lived in areas where public smoking was banned when the state law was passed. The study concluded the smoking ban is not associated with a reduced number of businesses serving alcohol in the state.
Comments
Jeremiah. You probably should have actually read the "report". Looks like the "expert" didn't bother figuring in the skyrocketing cost of beer and liquor over this period which should have resulted in an avalanche of tax revenue for Kansas. Pro ban people often do this and always add the big chain restaurant numbers with the little bars.
Sheila M.
January 28, 2013 at 8:37 am
