Jump to full article: Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, 2008-08-19
Author: Andy Mead
Intro: Smoking bans that have popped up around Kentucky haven't put a dent in bingo's bottom line, a new study shows.
"We found there's really no link between smoke-free laws and bingo revenues, one way or the other," co-author Ellen Hahn said Monday. She is director of the University of Kentucky's Tobacco Policy Research Program.
Bingo has been a major fund-raiser for a number of groups, including public-school sports and band booster clubs in Lexington.
The study comes as the Urban County Council prepares to consider tweaking the city's 2003 indoor smoking ban. Among the proposed changes to be introduced at a council work session Tuesday is language that would clear the air in bingo parlors.
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