Smoke-free laws don’t harm the economy

By ANN BLACKFORD

UK College of Nursing

In a recent study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Ellen Hahn, a professor in the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, and Mark Pyles, an assistant professor of finance in the School of Business at the College of Charleston, found smoke-free legislation does not negatively influence local economies in either rural or urban communities.

This is true regardless of whether the law is enacted at the state or local level, the study showed.

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