Tobacco-free policies impose unnecessary hardship on employees and patrons.

There is often resistance to change, but this is a change that actually decreases hardship on your employees and patrons. By choosing clean air, you prevent employees and patrons from bad health. In fact, you may be saving their lives. Take a look at some statistics to support your decision.

• Since going smoke free, employment in New York’s restaurants and bars has increased by 10,600 jobs (this is adjusted for seasonal fluctuations).
• In Utah, 79% of the population would support a law banning smoking in taverns and private clubs.
• More than 50,000 Americans die from secondhand smoke every year. Of that, 3000 die from lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke and 35,000 die from heart disease related to secondhand smoke.

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