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Study of Smoking Ban in Restaurants
Research finds that New York City's smoking ban has not hurt business.
www.gasp.org/

No Change in Tourism after Restaurants go Smokefree
Debunking tobacco industry arguments, economic analysis shows that in fact smokefree laws do not hurt tourist business, and may even increase business.
jama.ama-assn.org/

Non-Smoking Restaurants in Paris, in France and in the World
From the French Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Droit à l'air pur.
www.droit-air-pur.com/

Restaurants Not Hurt by Smoking Ban, Study Finds
Erie County's law prohibiting smoking in restaurants has not hurt business in the restaurant industry, a recent study finds.
www.buffalonews.com/

Massachusetts Report on Economic Effect of Restaurants Going SmokeFree
Summarizes a report on the economic effects of restaurant smoking restrictions on restaurant business in Massachusetts. Concludes it did not lead to a decrease in business.
www.mass.gov/

Restaurants and Bars that go Cigarette-free Often Prosper
Restaurant owner writes that when his restaurant went smokefree, business did not suffer, and this is the trend.
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/

Restaurants Mark One Year Smoke-free
News article on the one-year anniversary of restaurants going smoke-free in Springfield, Massachusetts reports that fears of lost business "have disappeared along with the smoke".
www.masslive.com/

Coffee-Houses of Old London
An illustrated history from Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. Shelley (1909) on the 17th and 18th-century coffee-houses patronised by London's elite.
www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

The Mediadrome: The Story of the Restaurant
Helen Stringer gives the history of dining out.
www.themediadrome.com/

Harvey Houses
The history of a chain of railway hotels and restaurants built from 1870 by English immigrant Fred Harvey in the American Southwest. Includes photographs and details by state, newsclippings and bibliography.
www.harveyhouses.net/