What do you think will be the effect on revenues in pubs when the ban on smoking comes into effect 1st Jan 07?

Answer 1

I was living in NZ when the ban came in there.

The pubs had predicted doom and gloom but they found to their shock that they actually did better after the ban because the people who had been avoiding the pub for years due to the smoke started coming to the pub while the die hard smokers still came to the pub but went out the back to smoke.

Their revenue increased and they were MUCH nicer places to go for a drink and a meal as you didn't have to breathe smoke and the bars smelled 100% better.

Answer 2

If it is the same is most other places it will have no effect at all or will increase business as it has at a lot of places. You hear all the time about the ban is going to cripple or put a business out of the ranks of being a business but in all the places it has been done, not one business has been hurt by it in the long run. Some for a short time has lost revenues but then have gained more revenue after a short time with new customers. So all in all, there may be a slight loss at first for the first month or so but it will be made up many times over as those that want a smoke free environment finds the places that have no smoking. Smokers are a minority so why should the non smokers have to put up with the second hand smoke and get the lung problems that the smokers have already? It is a drug habit just like coccaine and heroine and should be treated as such. I was a smoker for many years so I know what I am talking about.

Answer 3

judging from the experience of cities in the US that have enabled smoking bans. There will be little or no effect. If someone finds a loophole in the law and is able to open a smoking establishment. In the US several places sold stock to their staff so that they had no employees to be affected by the smoke. They did a rather good business. But it did not seem to be at the expense of the other establishments. Perhaps some non smokers stopped drinking at home. But people are always going to meet to have a drink. Even if they have to stand in running water to do so.

Answer 4

It will definitely have an impact- I, back in the past when I spent a huge amount of time and money in bars wiling away the hours, would not now! I'll buy my spirits and smokes and have friends over. They're getting carried away with this stuff. Here in my city they will soon be instituting a ban on smoking ANYWHERE in public,inside or out. There has already been No Smoking inside of buildings- so when we go out to eat, for example, those of us who want a cigarette after the meal have to cut outside now to smoke. That's not too bad but people who are drinking often want also to smoke. It's going to hurt profits because we'll go elsewhere for this kind of relaxation.

Answer 5

smoking already banned in Tasmania and it doesn't seem to have slowed the traffic in the hotels down at all. what's the big deal - i'm a smoker - having to go outside just reminds one of how filthy it is and stupid it is not to quit the rotten things. people will continue to frequent pubs and drink in good times and bad. and yes, a lot of non-smokers will probably return.

Answer 6

Like here in the states, some will lose money, some will make money. I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke and was so glad when that law passed here in my state.