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CORNELL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION 0 TO DINE OR NOT TO DINE: RESTAURANT PATRONS' RESPONSES TO THE NEW YORK CITY SMOKE-FREE AIR ACT CATHY A. ENZ, PH.D. DAVID CORSUN CHERtYOUNG THE SMOKE-FREE AIR ACT 0 LOCAL LAW 5 SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN THE INDOOR DINING AREAS OF ALL RESTAURANTS WITH MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE SEATS SMOKING IS PERM/TTFD IN . RESTAURANTS WHICH SEAT 35 OR FEWER PEOPLE • BARS WITHIN RESTAURANTS • SEPARATE OR PRIVATE DINING ROOMS FOR SMOKING Ca~~. 6nL OkO. CanYMww/hCm./sMaipMhA .~eI MMACeu,n_ CAwf4mn

CHANGES IN CONSUMER DINING BEHAVIORS SINCE PASSAGE OF THE ACT Smokgrs a"o.,` °'~a~ ~ Seek out places to smoke 68.99'e Avoid smoke-free restaurants 47.0% Purchase taka•out 27.5% Patroniza stand alone bars 23.4% Dlne outside New York City 15.9% tand tAwwah Cr+tir 1ai Mesf auM PwreN Avoid r®staurants that permit amoking 36.3% 0 • Purchase takaout Patronize stand alone bars Dine outsido of Now York Clty W CONSUMER DINING BEHAVIORS SINCE PASSAGE OF THE ACT ~ler~ FroeuM+„ Some Pn °°~"d' 89.4% 79.4% 86.1°fo Gdw? A. EnL oh.0. OnidQrtitn Ch4"y3ne a SMOKERS REPORT DINING OUT LESS FREOUENTLY (37.3%) AND TAKING LESS TIME TO EAT (40.3%). • NON-SMOKERS REPORT NO CHANGE IN THEIR DINING FREQUENCY, OR THE TIME TAKEN WHEN DINING. ~ SMOKERS SEEK OUT ESTABLlSHMENTS THAT PERMIT SMOKING (68.9%) AND AVOID SMOKE•FREE DINING ESTABUSHMENTS (47%), EVEN IF THE RESTAURANT WAS PREVIOUSLY A FAVORITE (40.2%). a NON-SMOKERS REPORT INCREASES IN AVOIDING SMOKE•PERMITTING RESTAURANTS (3&5'b), AND VIEW SMOKE•PERMTTING RESTAURANTS AS DiR71ER THAN SMOKE-FREE RESTAURANTS (40.3%). AN-I. 6+t Ph.D. Cer+aii*Yvw~1-C~~ ivwmy~~ Ww+[~ DniO Cv~un _ CAw+Vom 6

REACTtONS FROM PATRONS 0 W "Before the ban, I used to dine out... you know, I'd have an appetizer, drinks, dinner, dessert, and then I'd have a cigarette with an after dinner drink. But now that 1 can't smoke, I Just eat, I don't dine. No more dessert or after dinner drinks. lgetlnandlgetout." Ca..r Uln..w G.n.r ie. waosih ii.rrnn c.nra.aZwo. DnoCawn ChwTar. CHANGES IN CONSUMER DINING BEHAVIORS SINCE PASSAGE OF THE ACT P.rvnt ot Ro8pondonts • Q NUt Smakea. Naaimaaant LESS 37.69L 1.9% MORE 5.3°!. 16.5% SAME 57.1% $1.6'.6 T1~4AEi(NIHG LESS 40.8'.4 8.7% MORE 9.9% 5.6% ~ SAME 49.69'e 85.7010 © ~ CaMa. f,M Pti.D. ~ o~e+.~uw...ec.,..1~Mea~ers/i...cn ..ecv.m cA.~ra,n ~ ~ 5