Smoking Declines and Food Fandom Grows. Coincidence?

[donheld]

​Smoke-Free Texas, a coalition agitating for a state law prohibiting smoking in restaurants and bars, this month released a study showing people would eat out more often if they didn't have to contend with secondhand smoke.
No offense to Smoke-Free Texas, but that's hardly a surprising finding. Even most smokers don't like their food seasoned with stale cigarette smoke: That's why many restaurants not covered by restrictive ordinances have resorted to home rule and eliminated their smoking sections. With the national smoking rate down to about 20 percent, there aren't too many diners clamoring to be seated in a smoke-filled room.

Non-smoking policies are good for business, and while I don't have a fancy poll to back up my claim, I'd wager non-smokers are good for the restaurant business too.

In 1955, 57 percent of men smoked. They smoked so much that they more than made up for the men -- and the more than 70 percent of American women -- who didn't smoke. The per capita inhale stood at one pack a day. It was common, of course, to smoke on the train, smoke in the elevator and smoke while eating. Americans smoked over steak Dianes, chop sueys and chicken a la king -- the specific dishes didn't always matter, because the nation's collective palate had been deadened by smoke.

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2011/02/smoking_declines_and_food_fand.php

[SidDithers]

1. K&R...nt

Sid

[DJ13]

2. Smoking Declines and Waistlines Grow. Coincidence?

:evilgrin:

[Tikki]

4. It doesn't have to be that way....a person can use...

the same common sense strategies that helped them through their
tobacco addiction to lose weight.


Tikki

[flvegan]

3. Afraid of second-hand smoke while choking down a steak.

Hilarious. Really.