title: Economic impact of a smoke-free ordinance on bars and restaurants in a small, rural, Missouri community.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the economic impact of a city-wide smoke-free ordinance in the small, relatively isolated, rural, Northeast Missouri community of Kirksville. A model similar to prior studies was applied to the taxable sales revenues of eating and drinking establishment data prior to and following enactment of a smoke-free ordinance. It was found that there was a significant positive change in eating and drinking establishment taxable sales revenues post-enactment.
authors.affiliation: Truman State University in Kirksville, USA. ccox@truman.edu
authors.forename: Carolyn C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Noaman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kayani
authors.forename: Stanley R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D008923:Missouri; D012147:Restaurants / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012424:Rural Population; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*