| Title | The economic effect of smoke-free restaurant policies on restaurant business in Massachusetts. |
| Author(s) | Bartosch WJ, Pope GC |
| Institution | Center for Health Economics Research, Waltham, MA, USA. |
| Source | J Public Health Manag Pract 1999 Jan; 5(1):53-62. |
| MeSH | Comparative Study
Health Policy
Humans
Massachusetts
Regression Analysis
Restaurants
Smoking
Taxes
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
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| Abstract | The objective of the study was to determine if local smoke-free restaurant policies in Massachusetts affected restaurant sales. The authors used a pre-/post-quasi-experimental design to compare town-level meals tax data before and after the imposition of local smoke-free restaurant policies. Data for 235 towns (including 32 adopting communities) were entered into a fixed effects regression model to estimate changes in restaurant sales over time. The study failed to find a statistically significant effect of local smoke-free policies on restaurant business. It provides evidence that local smoke-free policies do not cause a large decline in communities' restaurant industries. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 10345513 |
