[C-U Smokefree] restaurant business revenue up after smokefree El Paso TX

[Theotskl at aol.com]

Hi there--

greetings to all.

FYI

More great news from street level experiences of restaurant owners from 
across the country--this one from the great state of Texas and its great city of El 
Paso!

Share the good news with your community's restaurant business so that  they 
too one day may see the difference of being smokefree.

CU Smoke Free and keep up the good work!

Have a great summer everybody!

theo

Theo Tsoukalas, Ph.D.

Check out the latest TobaccoScam ad at 
http://www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu/ads/pop_ad_large.cfm?ad=saenz

"What did El Paso's 2002 smokefree measure do to our business? Helped grow 
sales 10% to 15% a year." 
Rosa Saenz & Family | Owners, Carlos and Mickey's,
El Paso, Texas 

"Were we nervous when El Paso restaurants and bars went smokefree on New 
Year's Day, 2002" asks Rosa Saenz. "With casinos that allow smoking outside town 
and Ciudad Juarez just across the river, sure, we thought we might lose some 
business. 

"Instead, our sales are up the last two years. People actually thank me for 
being smokefree. And we don't have the lines waiting for a smokefree table 
anymore, while the smoking section wasn't full. 

"The bar business is no different. We always had live entertainment. But now, 
without the smoke, our singer can really sing out. Our cashier can leave her 
contacts in. Our wait staff pick up the same tips they did before. And I can 
go home, kiss my five-year-old, and not smell like an ashtray. 

"I started in restaurants when I was twelve, at my parents' place, and I've 
run my own business here for twelve years. If anyone claims that going 
smokefree will cost you, take it from Rosa Saenz: that's nonsense." 

Get the facts at TobaccoScam.ucsf.edu 



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