The effect of smoke-free policies on hospitality industry revenues in Cyprus: an econometric approach.
Tob Control
; 24(e3): e199-204, 2015 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-25293955
OBJECTIVE: Smoke-free policies aiming to improve quality of indoor air and significantly reduce exposure to secondhand smoke in the hospitality industry are faced with strong opposition from the tobacco industry and hospitality venue owners claiming that they lead to reductions of revenues. The objective of our study was to examine the impact of a recently introduced smoke-free legislation on the revenues of the hospitality industry in Cyprus. METHODS: Anonymous information on revenues was obtained from the Cyprus government value added tax office for the entire hospitality industry in Cyprus including hotels, bars, restaurants and cafeterias between 2005 and 2011. Panel data methodology was used to examine the effect of a smoke-free legislation, on tourism, businesses' revenues adjusting for gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment rate, tourists' arrivals, seasonal variation and the economic crisis. RESULTS: Our study showed that the implementation of the smoke-free policy did not have negative effects on the hospitality industry profitability. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that even in regions with relatively high smoking rates, pro-smoking societal attitudes and weak social norms against tobacco control, and even during periods of economic crisis, smoke-free legislation does not impact negatively on hospitality industry revenues and if anything may lead to a small positive increase.
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Texto completo:
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Poluição por Fumaça de Tabaco
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Fumar
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Poluição do Ar em Ambientes Fechados
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Comércio
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Política Antifumo
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Renda
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Indústrias
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tob Control
Assunto da revista:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chipre