Re: Hopefully, NY State will learn from NY City's Success

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:23:20 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.smokers
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Again, correcting the (deliberate?) misinformation strewn about...
"Broadway" = about 20 major THEATRES... smoking hasn't been allowed in
THEATRES since the '80s. There are bars in the lobbies for intermissions...
but I think that smoking has been banned in theatre lobbies since the '80s
as well. So this is a non-issue.
BTW, Broadway ticket (unit) sales are down, closings are at an all time
high, the hottest show in town is a bad remake of a fun little John Waters'
movie and owners/producers keep whining about needing financial "incentives"
from the city. The only things making it a "record" year are the steep price
increases over the past couple years.
similar headlines:
No Locust Swarms in Smokefree New York
Fewer Terrorist Attacks Despite Smoking Ban
> >Broadway Booms in Smokefree New York
> >NYC's #1 tourist attraction has record year
> >
> >New York City, June 7, 2003... Broadway theatres reported a record year
> >today, indicating that tourism in New York City has not been hurt by
> >smokefree workplace legislation. Broadway is a good barometer of tourism
in
> >New York City, because Broadway shows are the city's #1 tourist
attraction.