Smoke-free law did affect revenue from gaming in Delaware
By: by Michael R. Pakko.
Contributors: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Series: Working paper ;; 2005-028B; Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis : Online) ;; 2005-028B.
Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [St. Louis, Mo.]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Gambling -- Delaware.; Smoking -- Law and legislation -- Delaware.
Description: "A paper recently published in the journal Tobacco Control purports to show that the implementation of a smoking prohibition in Delaware had no statistically significant effect on the revenues of three gaming facilities in that state.  After undertaking a thorough analysis of the data, I find that the smoke-free law did affect revenues from gaming in Delaware.  Total gaming revenues are estimated to have declined by at approximately $6 1/2 million per month after the implementation of Delaware's Clean Indoor Air Law.  This represents a loss nearly 13% relative to average monthly revenues in the year preceding the smoking ban"--Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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