The business lost almost $30,000 and 110 bowlers during the 32-week league season, according to a document submitted by Parkin’s attorney, James Kerrigan. In the bowling alley’s busiest months between January and May, Parkin saw a 14 percent decrease in activity comparing the same period in 2004 to 2003.

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“They said the ban would be good for business and for employees,
yet my business is down and three good staff are out of work and unable
to find another job. One big irony is that most of my staff are smokers,
and now they’re being protected from second-hand smoke.”

The {The New York Nightlife Association} claims that 76% of 300
members surveyed about the ban said business had fallen by an average
30%.

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To see how well the smoking ban here is working out, join Tracy Willows at the end of her shift, when she is shaking her head at the 20 bucks — if she’s lucky — in her pocket and wondering if her pay will be enough to fill her gas tank, much less put food on the table or buy gym uniforms for her two kids.

“I can’t even pay my rent. My parents have been making my car payments for me, but they can’t do that anymore,” she said this week from a booth at the Grand Central Casino, where she is a waitress.

This casino has laid off 15 employees since the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health’s new smoking regulations went into effect in earnest Feb. 26. And managers say they will lay off 40 to 50 more if the business slump, which they blame on the ban, continues.

“My tips have gone down from $70 or $80 a day to less than $20,” Willows said.

Other bar and restaurant owners say they have fired employees or cut back hours because of sudden drops in revenue.

The Grand Central Casino in Lakewood says its gambling take since Feb. 26 is down 35 percent from what it had projected. Its liquor sales dropped by 42 percent, and its food sales are down 25 percent, said regional manager Greg Bakamis.

In contrast, the company’s casino in Tukwila, King County, which allows smoking, has met or exceeded projections during the same period.

In the meantime, Dawn Forsman, a card dealer at Freddie’s Casino in Fife, says her job is on the line. She told the Board of Health this week that her pay has been cut in half during the ban.

“How many people have to lose their cars and their jobs and their homes before you see that trying to protect my health is endangering my livelihood?” she said.

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Since the beginning of April when the state ban on smoking in bars took effect, the bartender at the Brown Derby on Route 32 said her income
has dropped by more than half.

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William Rickman Jr., president of Delaware Park, said the ban resulted
in a $36 million loss in gross revenues last year and about $72 million
throughout the state.

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After 10 years in business, a neighborhood bar is closing its doors. The owner blames the state’s smoking ban.

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After 10 years in business, a neighborhood bar is closing its doors. The owner blames the state’s smoking ban.

She says many of her customers who smoke now stay home and she’s angry at the state.

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Now, I and my managers have not been paid for three months. We’ve gone without so that we could pay the bills. I’ve had to let go a third of my staff. And there’s no explanation other than the smoking ban.

A friend in the travel industry told me she lost a $100,000 tour from Germany when the smoking ban went into effect, as they refused to go someplace where they couldn’t smoke.

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Bar owners and their patrons said the past 12 months have been an economic disaster: Bar stools and cash registers are empty, clubs break the law just to survive and smokers are pushed into the street to puff.

“New York City has gone from the city that never sleeps to Sleepy Hollow,” said Tom Carrube, manager of Sharkey’s Sports Bar and Grill on Staten Island. He estimates that revenue has plummeted 60% as regulars stay home or head to nearby New Jersey for a beer and a smoke.

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DALLAS - Monday will mark the first anniversary of Dallas’ smoking ban and across the city some restaurant managers have said they have lost business while some even blame the ban for their closing.

Members of the restaurant association said their alcohol sales have dropped since the ban by 20 Percent to 25 percent.Link

It’s worse at Tony’s Sports Bar & Restaurant in Queens Village. “It killed our business,” said owner Tony Narain. Within the past year, alcohol and beer sales have declined 70 percent, he said. “I’m losing money right now.”

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Bar owners and their patrons said the past 12 months have been an economic disaster: Bar stools and cash registers are empty, clubs break the law just to survive and smokers are pushed into the street to puff.

“New York City has gone from the city that never sleeps to Sleepy Hollow,” said Tom Carrube, manager of Sharkey’s Sports Bar and Grill on Staten Island. He estimates that revenue has plummeted 60% as regulars stay home or head to nearby New Jersey for a beer and a smoke.

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DALLAS — Monday will mark the first anniversary of Dallas’ smoking ban and across the city some restaurant managers have said they have lost business while some even blame the ban for their closing.

Members of the restaurant association said their alcohol sales have dropped since the ban by 20 percent to 25 percent.

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A sales-tax report Greeley released this week shows the smoking ban is likely sucking business from restaurants and taverns frequented by smokers.

The city compared December 2003 and 2004 sales at several former smoker hangouts and found that revenues were down 5 percent-15 percent this year.

Kidder sold The Brewery, 2215 9th St., because he said he couldn’t make a living under the smoking ban.

“I’ve talked to two or three others who say they are not going to stay in business,” Kidder said. “And I’ve talked to three bartenders who said January was the worst month they’ve ever had.”

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A band was playing Friday Oct. 10, one day after the ban went into effect, and the no-smoking signs were posted. “[Customers] walked in and walked out,” Radice remembered. “Everyone left and went into town and the remaining six non-smokers left because they were bored.”

“The first weekend the band played for me and Steve,” said bar manager Chrissy Seltzer of Poolesville. “It was horrible.”

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PIERCE COUNTY – Pierce County casinos say the county’s new smoking ban is costing them money and could cost jobs. So, they’re fighting the ban in court.

Grand Central Casino in Lakewood says too many tables are empty; too many dealers have nothing to do. They blame Pierce County’s 2-week-old smoking ban, and they’re already talking layoffs.

And casino workers say they know exactly where their customers are going: They’re heading five minutes away to tribal casinos, which don’t have to obey the county smoking ban.

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Since the state’s smoking ban took affect in July, there hasn’t been a lot of laughs at Viva Debris Comedy and Magic Club. Business is down, way down.

“We have lost about 30% of our business which includes 30% of our staff,” said owner Joe Delion.

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The president of Inuvik’s Curling Club predicts it will lose $40,000 by the end of the year, and says the town’s smoking by-law is to blame. Don Craik told town council Monday night that members are no longer spending money in the club’s bar, putting the club’s future in jeopardy.

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The Licensed Vintners Association admitted the two-month old smoking ban had been effective but it said business was still down by around 15%.

Chief executive, Donall O`Keeffe, criticised a report hailing the new law a success.
“Figures from the Dublin trade clearly show that on average, pub revenues have been hit by between 12% and 15%,” he said.

“While the impact is not totally uniform across Dublin pubs, make no mistake about it, the smoking ban is having a serious financial impact.”