Year: 2005
Type: report
Abstract: 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 $6½ 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.*The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official positions of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis or the Federal Reserve System.
DOI: 10.20955/wp.2005.028
Author: Michael R. Pakko
Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W3124737867