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Smoking ban may be
to blame for failed bars
Some bars have complained
that the smoking ban has
affected their business
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
It’s another chilly Eugene evening,
yet University senior Tom Conner and
his buddies are huddled on the steps
outside Rennie’s Landing near the
string of multicolored holiday lights.
While the lights and their smol
dering cigarettes may provide a lit
tle warmth, the three would rather
be inside.
More than a year has passed since
some Eugene bars and taverns,
which were the last establishments
to allow smoking in the entire city,
have had to comply with the no
smoking ban implemented by the
Eugene City Council, and the conse
quences are starting to show.
In the past 30 days, two Eugene
businesses have closed, including
Doc’s Pad on East 11th Avenue.
Max’s Tavern on East 13th Av
enue, which called itself the “rebel
bar’’ in early efforts to fight the
smoking ban, has seen much of its
business decrease since the ban
went into effect.
“It’s not the economy,” bartender
Chad Dooley said. Business “is di
rectly affected by the smoking ban.”
City of Eugene Community Rela
tions Director Jan Bohman said the
ban was enacted for health reasons,
not to protect business’s bottom line.
The smoking ban was passed “to
protect workers and customers with
involuntary exposure to second
hand smoke,” she said.
About half of the employees at
Max’s and Rennie’s are non-smokers,
but neither they nor the smokers are
entirely happy with the rules.
“Their attitude is it’s good that they
don’t smell, but (even the nonsmok
ers) miss the money,” Dooley said.
Dooley said 85 percent of his cus
tomers complained after the ban
went into effect, and that customers
still light up as often as twice a week.
“I feel really bad doing that to our
customers,” he said.
Bohman said otherwise.
“It would be really hard to prove a
case that (lost business) is due to
one particular thing,” Bohman said.
“There have been lot of reasons.”
Bohman did say she believes at least
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leremy Forrest Emerald
Jacob Witcraft smokes outside of Rennie's Landing during lunch. Witcraft is from
Idaho and isn't used to having to go outdoors to smoke.
one business has closed due to the
ban, but did not say which one.
Not all bars are suffering from
the ban.
Rennie’s, which added a second
deck with a fire pit in preparation for
the restriction, has seen its business
increase in 2002.
“I don’t necessarily agree with the
politics of the decision, but for our
particular case, (the ban has)
helped,” manager Dan Geyer said.
Rennie’s serves breakfast, lunch
and dinner, and Geyer said most of
his customers appreciate the ban be
cause the smoke no longer interferes
with their meals.
Bohman said the no-smoking poli
cy overall has been successful in
2002, and that fewer than 12 viola
tions were recorded.
“By and large, people complied
voluntarily,” she said.
Both Dooley and Geyer believe
the City Council should have put the
issue to a citvwide vote.
“It wouldn’t have passed,” Doo
ley said.
The council modeled the no
smoking ban after a similar one in
Corvallis. Both bans are different
from Oregon’s Smokefree Workplace
Law, which still allows smoking in
bars, tobacco shops, bowling centers
and bingo halls.
Contact the reporter
at romangokhman@dailyemerald.com.
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