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New Zealand: hospitality trade’s "mindset" problem

Wellington Medical School, University of Otago, New Zealand;
gthomson@wnmeds.ac.nz

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The Hospitality Association of New Zealand (HANZ) has been opposing the idea of smoke-free bar laws for many years. It has rejected the evidence from countries where smoke-free bar laws have not hurt bar profits, and has actively pushed for the ventilation "solution".

Since 1998 or before, HANZ’s spokesman Bruce Robertson has been saying that a smoking ban in bars "would have a major negative impact on business". This is despite acknowledging that as far back as 1996, a survey in Dunedin found smoke was the most common cause of complaints by people who had recently visited bars and taverns, and the main reason people had stopped going. In 2000, Robertson was reported as predicting that a ban would result in a loss of business for the trade, a 10% loss of jobs, and the rise of "quasi-legal or unlicensed" bars; and in May 2003, a HANZ survey indicated that . . . [Full text of this article]