Economic effect of a smoke-free law in a tobacco-growing community
Economic effect of a smoke-free law in a tobacco-growing community
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.2006.017012
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Hahn, Ellen J.
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作者：
Pyles, Mark K.;Mullineaux, Donald J.;Hahn, Ellen J.
目的：确定肯塔基州列克星敦的无烟法是否影响餐馆和酒吧的就业和停业。2004年4月27日，列克星敦-费耶特县实施了一项全面的法令，禁止在所有公共建筑物内吸烟，包括酒吧和餐馆。列克星敦位于一个主要的烟草种植州，拥有美国最高的吸烟率，是第一个成为无烟的肯塔基州社区。设计：一个固定效应的时间序列设计来估计无烟法对就业的影响，普通最小二乘来估计对企业开业和关闭的影响。主题和设置：列克星敦费耶特县、肯塔基州和六个相邻县的所有餐馆和酒吧。主要结局指标：ES- 202就业数据来自肯塔基州劳动力内阁;企业开业/关闭数据来自列克星敦-费耶特县卫生局环境司。结果：无烟立法与餐馆就业之间存在显著正相关，但与酒吧就业之间没有显著关系。没有关系，观察到法律的实施和就业在相邻的县，也没有无烟法和业务的开业或关闭在酒精服务和非酒精服务business.Conclusions：没有重要的经济危害源于无烟立法在研究期间，尽管事实上，列克星敦位于烟草生产的国家高于平均吸烟率。
Objective: To determine whether Lexington, Kentucky's smokefree law affected employment and business closures in restaurants and bars. On 27 April 2004, Lexington- Fayette County implemented a comprehensive ordinance prohibiting smoking in all public buildings, including bars and restaurants. Lexington is located in a major tobacco- growing state that has the highest smoking rate in the US and was the first Kentucky community to become smoke- free.Design: A fixed- effects time series design to estimate the effect of the smoke- free law on employment and ordinary least squares to estimate the effect on business openings and closings.Subjects and settings: All restaurants and bars in LexingtonFayette County, Kentucky and the six contiguous counties. Main outcome measures: ES- 202 employment data from the Kentucky Workforce Cabinet; Business opening/ closings data from the Lexington- Fayette County Health Department, Environmental Division.Results: A positive and significant relationship was observed between the smoke- free legislation and restaurant employment, but no significant relationship was observed with bar employment. No relationship was observed between the law's implementation and employment in contiguous counties nor between the smoke- free law and business openings or closures in alcohol- serving and or non- alcohol- serving businesses.Conclusions: No important economic harm stemmed from the smoke- free legislation over the period studied, despite the fact that Lexington is located in a tobacco- producing state with higher- than- average smoking rates.