Sciacca J P, Ratliff M I
Department of HPEN, College of Health Professions, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff 86011, USA.
Am J Health Promot. 1998 Jan-Feb;12(3):176-84. doi: 10.4278/0890-1171-12.3.176.
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of prohibiting smoking in restaurants on total restaurant sales in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Flagstaff restaurant and retail sales data were collected for periods approximately 3.5 years prior to enactment of a no-smoking-in-restaurants ordinance and 1.5 years after enactment of the ordinance. Data were compared with six comparison areas utilizing four methods of analyses.
The city of Flagstaff, Arizona, was the community in this study that prohibited smoking in restaurants.
Flagstaff restaurant and retail sales were compared to sales in two similar Arizona cities, three counties, and the entire state of Arizona.
A city ordinance that prohibited smoking in all Flagstaff, Arizona, restaurants.
Taxable restaurant sales were collected from Flagstaff and all comparison areas. Retail sales data were also collected to determine if changes occurred in the ratio of restaurant to retail sales.
All analyses resulted in the same conclusions: prohibiting smoking in restaurants did not affect restaurant sales.
Study findings indicate that prohibiting smoking in Flagstaff, Arizona, restaurants has had no effect on restaurant sales.
本研究的目的是评估在亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫市的餐厅内禁烟对餐厅总销售额的影响。
收集了弗拉格斯塔夫市餐厅和零售销售额数据，涵盖餐厅禁烟条例颁布前约3.5年以及颁布后1.5年的时间段。利用四种分析方法将数据与六个对照区域进行比较。
亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫市是本研究中实施餐厅禁烟的社区。
将弗拉格斯塔夫市的餐厅和零售销售额与亚利桑那州另外两个类似城市、三个县以及整个亚利桑那州的销售额进行比较。
一项禁止在亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫市所有餐厅吸烟的城市条例。
收集了弗拉格斯塔夫市及所有对照区域的餐厅应税销售额。还收集了零售销售额数据，以确定餐厅销售额与零售销售额的比例是否发生变化。
所有分析得出相同结论：餐厅禁烟并未影响餐厅销售额。
研究结果表明，在亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫市的餐厅禁烟对餐厅销售额没有影响。
