Sondage de PUBCO jugé non valable à la suite d'un examen minutieux

Le 16 novembre 2001

Carolyn Hill of OCSH disputes the findings of PUBCO's survey on revenue loss due to the new non-smoking bylaw

Carolyn Hill of Ottawa Council on Smoking and Health disputes the findings of PUBCO's survey on revenue loss due to the new non-smoking bylaw. Hill explains that the survey was not a proper economic analysis, and only included 1/3 of members with no real evidence to back up findings. Cites, Nova Scotia's assessment on economic impact as being objective and reliable, using official sales tax data which demonstrates that "smoke-free legislation has no adverse impact on restaurant, bar and hotel and tourism receipts".