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Dutch cafes losing money over cigarette ban
Brunei News.Net
Sunday 19th October, 2008
Three quarters of Dutch cafes and clubs have lost patrons due to a smoking ban which was introduced in July.
The significant drop in business was reported after a study revealed that cafes had seen a 26 percent decline with clubs dropping by 31 percent.
The smoking ban has been blamed for the loss of customers and many establishments say they have had to fire staff.
Earlier this month restaurant owners asked the health ministry to compensate them for losses as a result of the ban.  Email this story to a friend
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generalsn
10-20-08, 12:07 PM |
Dutch cafes losing money over cigarette ban
Just wait until winter. No one wants to catch pneumonia by standing outside in blizzards and sub zero temperatures. Many small bars here in Chicago are forced to ignore the ban to keep their customers.
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SMOKA GUY
10-20-08, 01:41 PM |
BEAT THE BANS
Well the cafes need to switch to the alternative like my bar has then they wouldn’t have to worry about anything.
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Anonymous
10-20-08, 09:01 PM |
dutch cafes
They must not serve very good stuff. The Dutch must be screwing it up. No other countries are having that problem with their smoking bans. Sucks to be them. Did this report come from the tobacco industry? Sounds pretty extreme!
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