Much ado about nothing? Smoking bans and Germany's hospitality industry

Kvasnicka, Michael; Tauchmann, Harald

doi:10.1080/00036846.2011.591739

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“…In a comprehensive review, Scollo et al (2003) document that only 3% of studies funded by an independent source report a negative impact of the ban, although many of the reviewed studies suffer from weak research designs. Recent economic studies exploit the gradual implementation of smoking bans and compare regions or countries to study the evolution of revenues and employment (Adams and Cotti, 2007;Adda et al, 2007;Ahlfeldt and Maennig, 2010;Kvasnicka and Tauchmann, 2012). Recent economic studies exploit the gradual implementation of smoking bans and compare regions or countries to study the evolution of revenues and employment (Adams and Cotti, 2007;Adda et al, 2007;Ahlfeldt and Maennig, 2010;Kvasnicka and Tauchmann, 2012).…”

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“…In Switzerland, Schulz et al (2012) compare the evolution of sales in the first canton to implement a smoking ban (Ticino) with the rest of the country and find no evidence of a negative economic impact of the ban. Recent economic studies exploit the gradual implementation of smoking bans and compare regions or countries to study the evolution of revenues and employment (Adams and Cotti, 2007;Adda et al, 2007;Ahlfeldt and Maennig, 2010;Kvasnicka and Tauchmann, 2012). Overall, few studies find a strong negative impact of smoking restrictions on the sales of restaurants/bars or discos.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The net impact on business revenues is thus ambiguous. Despite potentially large implications for the economy, we know little about how the countervailing forces operate as the available findings are mixed and suffer from important empirical limitations, such as reliance on single localities or business reports and weak research designs Smith, 1994, 1997;Lund, 2006;Kvasnicka and Tauchmann, 2012;Schulz et al, 2012;Ruefer, 2013).…”

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The Impact of Smoking Bans on Smoking and Consumer Behavior: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Switzerland

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In this paper, we exploit the progressive implementation of smoking bans in public venues at the state level in Switzerland to evaluate both the direct effects on smoking and the potential unintended consequences of these legislations on consumer behaviors as measured by visiting restaurants/bars and discos ('going out'). Our results indicate that public venue smoking bans in Switzerland reduce smoking rates, but the findings do not emerge until 1 year following the ban. This pattern of results is consistent with delays in ban enforcement on the part of business owners, difficulties in changing addictive behaviors such as smoking, and/or learning on the part of smokers. We find evidence that smoking bans influence going-out behavior and there is substantial heterogeneity across venue and consumer characteristics.

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The Impact of Smoking Bans on Smoking and Consumer Behavior: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Switzerland

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“…Several studies investigated the effect of smoking bans in Germany [50,51,52,53,54,55], but the impact of the latest amendments by which some federal states of Germany created stricter smoke-free laws have yet to be assessed.…”

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Smoke-Free Laws and Direct Democracy Initiatives on Smoking Bans in Germany: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Assessment

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Minkner

2014

IJERPH

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Background: Germany’s 16 states regulate smoking differently within health protection principles laid down in the federal law. All state smoke-free laws in Germany have undergone at least one change since taking effect. Methods: We systematically review federal and state laws regulating smoking, as well as petitions, popular initiatives and referenda that aimed at changing statutory smoking bans. Data generated through the systematic review were correlated with state smoking rates. Results: The protection from the dangers of secondhand smoke is the primary motive for smoking bans in Germany. The first smoke-free laws affecting smoking in pubs, restaurants and several other public places were introduced in 2007. In 2008, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ruled in a leading decision on the smoke-free laws of two states that some common smoking ban exemptions of the introduced smoke-free laws violate the basic right to freely exercise a profession and mandated revisions. All states but Bavaria and Saarland, whose smoking bans were more and less comprehensive than those judged by the constitutional court, respectively, needed to change the smoking ban exemptions to reconcile their smoke-free laws with the constitution. Direct democracy initiatives to change smoking bans were only successful in Bavaria in 2010, but a total of 15 initiatives by citizens’ or interest groups attempted to influence non-smokers protection legislation through direct democratic procedures. Early ratification of a smoking ban in a federal state correlates with a higher reduction in the smoking rate from 2005 to 2009 (Spearman’s ρ = 0.51, p = 0.04). Conclusions: The federal government structure and direct democratic participation in smoke-free legislation in Germany has produced a diversity of local smoking bans and exemptions.

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“…For cigarette sales, Kvasnicka () finds that electronic age‐verification in cigarette‐vending machines negatively affected cigarette sales. Furthermore, Kvasnicka and Tauchmann () find that the German‐smoking bans had no negative impact on the revenues in the hospitality sector.…”

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The Effects of Smoking Bans on Self‐Assessed Health: Evidence from Germany

Kuehnle

Wunder

2016

Health Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThe 16 German federal states introduced smoking bans on different dates during 2007 and 2008. These bans restricted smoking in enclosed public places, particularly in restaurants and bars. This study examines the effects of smoking bans on self-assessed health. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), difference-in-differences estimations provide evidence for health improvements for the population at large. Health benefits from the secondhand smokefree environment are equivalent to an increase in household income of approximately 30%. Further subgroup analyses show that health improvements are largest among young non-smokers (below 30 years) whereas smokers report no or even adverse health effects in response to bans. Exploiting differences in the dates of introduction and enforcement, we find no evidence that the effects of bans depend on enforcement measures.

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Much ado about nothing? Smoking bans and Germany's hospitality industry

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

The Impact of Smoking Bans on Smoking and Consumer Behavior: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Switzerland

The Impact of Smoking Bans on Smoking and Consumer Behavior: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Switzerland

Smoke-Free Laws and Direct Democracy Initiatives on Smoking Bans in Germany: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Assessment

The Effects of Smoking Bans on Self‐Assessed Health: Evidence from Germany

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