The Socio economic effect of the smoking ban in Dubais restaurant industry

(Borland et al 2006 . To ensure the successes of the ban , Dubai municipality sought for celebrity endorsement of the ban during its launch , besides signing memorandum of understanding with different government departments , aimed at ensuring strict implementation of this law . The departments that were targeted in the signing of MoUs included Dubai Police , Medical Services And Health Roads and Transport Authority , Economic Development , and finally Commerce Marketing and Tourism Department

Socioeconomic effects

According to Tang H et al (2003 , the social and economic effects of banning public tobacco smoking have

reportedly been very varied Depending on how and where the study is carried out , the results often follow a distinctive trend . It is affect that the degree of impact on the economy is determined by the , kind of economy itself . Thus a smoke ban implemented in a certain economic setting may have very limited negative economic effects , or even a zero impact on the economy . On the other hand , certain industries may experience very adverse economic conditions when the same policy is applied on their establishments Therefore in our attempt to extract the socioeconomic effects of smoke ban in Dubai , we shall put in mind the different economic setting and the source of data that may be used in comparison

Most of the published researches in the health organization literature concerning smoke free policies and their impact on the economy have shown varied results . It is a fact that the vast majority of these studies have their findings describing positive effects on the local businesses . A review of nearly one hundred such studies a few years ago on the economic impacts of smoke ban in hospitality industry , discovered that the well designed researches concluded that there was no harm on business caused by smoke ban (Curtin et al , 1998

Conversely...