The impact of California Smoking Bar Banned to the bar owners in Orange County.

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The impact of California Smoking Bar Banned to the bar owners in Orange County

Prepared by

Narin         Suwannawet

Report Distributed:  March 18, 2004

Prepared for

Tim  Ousle

PA 603:  Research Method in Administration

The impact of California Smoking Bar Banned to the bar owners in Orange County

Acknowledgements

In submitting this research project I would like to thank Mr. Tim  Ousley for his supervision and support throughout. His advice, expert guidance with regards to my issues, and encouragement were invaluable to me in my research and I am very grateful for the time and effort that he gave to this piece of work. I would also like to acknowledge all the people at the bars, in my study, for giving the significant informiation as well as participating on my project.

Further, I would like to express my gratitude to my parents for their unlimited encouragement and support throughout all my life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements                                                                        

Chapter 1:  The Problem                                                        Page

Introduction                                                                        1

Statement of the Problem                                                        2

Research Questions                                                                3

Research Assumptions                                                        3

Significance of the Study                                                        3

Chapter2:  Review of the Literature                

Introduction                                                                        5

An overview of the effects of California Smoking Bar Banned                5

An overview of the impact of smoking on secondahand smoke in

Workingplaces                                                                7

Summary                                                                        8

Chapter 3:  Research Methodology

Introduction                                                                        9

Description of Research                                                        9

Units of Analysis                                                                9

Research Design                                                                10

Data Gathering                                                                11

Limitations                                                                        11

Chapter 4:  Data Presentation and Analysis

Data Presentation                                                                12

Analysis of the Results                                                        12

Chapter 5:  Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations                

Summary and Conclusion                                                        14

Recommendation for Further Study                                                15

The summary of research project as an extra credit                                16

Appendices

Bibliograph

Chapter 1

Introduction

Nowadays, smoking problem is a major problem in The United States, which the government has been trying to solve for many years.  Further, it is the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death, killing more than 400,000 people each year.  It is more than the number of deaths caused by AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires combined, according to the Centers for Disease Control.  Therfore, the government tries to discourage smoking by indicating the effects of it.  Everybody knows that smoking does not have any advantage.  In fact, the consequences of it are devastating. Although the majority of people know its consequences, the number of smokers is still increasing especially on teenagers. For instance, teens invariably cite social status and "looking cool" as the main reasons they started smoking. And according to the American Lung Association, the most common situation in which young people first try a cigarette is in the company of a friend who have already smoked.  Hence, smoking is a very serious problem that everybody needs to be concerned about.

Likewise, the smoking problem in Orange County, California, is also a major problem, which impacts the people as well as public places.  However, state government are concerned about it and seriously want to solve this problem.  As a result, the state government has banned smoking in most public venues including workingplaces, restaurants, bars, bowling alleys, clubs ans so on.

However, while California had banned smoking in restaurants, factories, offices, and other enclosed workplaces since 1995, the law contained an exemption for bars and restaurants, in the hope that sophisticated ventilation systems could be devised. But that didn't happen. And no-smoking sections in bars and restaurants are not a solution, since smoke respects no boundaries.

On January 1, 1998, California became the first state in the nation to ban smoking in about all in-door public places, including bars.  This law, however, has numerous problems resulted from inconsistent enforcement and varying interpretations of it.  The ban of smoking in bars has dramatic results to the bar owners as well as employees.  A few examples of the erratic consequences of the ban include business loss, inconsistent enforcement, non-compliance, court ruling, and customer dissatisfaction.

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In Orange County, California, the ban has snuffed out smoking at most restaurant bars, which account for 90 percent of the 2,800 drinking establishments in Orange County.

Therefore, the purpose of this research project is to examine the impact of California smoking bars banned in Orange County as well as to provide the information regarding the effect of smoking to the seconhand smoke in orange county.

Statement of the Problem

The statement of the problem provides an overview of the California smoking law, focusing on the impact to the bar owners and bar employees.  The relevant aspects, such as the ...

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