Net Junkie
"_ Prof. Jonez _" shot the bull
in message ...
Clean air brings more restaurant patrons

Many restaurants report steady or rising business after state bans
smoking
indoors

"All you sad people celebrating the latest incursion on personal and
social
freedom: I hope you don't enjoy alcohol, or 'unhealthy' food, or perfume
and
cologne, or a wood fire, or loud music, or any of a number of things that
make
life pleasant that will be next on the chopping block. Don't say you
weren't
warned," one writer chided.

State health authorities said they're happily surprised by a lack of
complaints
about the ban. Health Secretary John Colmers told a panel of lawmakers
Friday
that he's not aware of any complaints of bars or restaurants not
complying with
the law.

Delaware passed its Clean Indoor Air Act in 2002, and the following year,
residents were surveyed about the change. More than nine out of 10 people
surveyed said they were as or more likely to go to restaurants, and 89
percent
said they were more likely to go to bars than before the regulations,
according
a fact sheet from the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene.

"We've had no problem. People have been using the outside heaters. As
long as
everyone has been doing it, we'll be good," said Kim Scott.


a.. The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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