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The Effects Of The Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act Of 1999 On Restaurant Revenues In South Africa: A Panel Data Approach

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Prior to the implementation of this legislation the restaurant industry lobbied that a full‐scale ban would severely hurt business. Their lobbying resulted in a restrictive restaurant smoking policy rather than a full‐scale ban. Nevertheless the industry argued that this would still severely hurt business citing international evidence in support. The objective of this paper is to investigate the change in restaurant revenues after the implementation of a public smoking ban in South Africa. We use a fixed effects panel model to explore the response of restaurant revenues to the imposition of the ban. Provincial data is used over the period 1995 to 2003 and VAT receipts are used as a proxy of restaurant turnover. We conclude that restrictive restaurant smoking policies have not had a negative effect on restaurant revenue, indicating that claims of countrywide restaurant business declines under such a policy are unwarranted.

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  • Evan h. Blecher, 2006. "The Effects Of The Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act Of 1999 On Restaurant Revenues In South Africa: A Panel Data Approach," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 74(1), pages 123-130, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:sajeco:v:74:y:2006:i:1:p:123-130
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00052.x
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    Cited by:

    1. Adél Bosch & Steven F. Koch, 2014. "Using a Natural Experiment to Examine Tobacco Tax Regressivity," Working Papers 434, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    2. Craig Lemboe & Philip Black, 2012. "Cigarettes taxes and smuggling in South Africa: Causes and Consequences," Working Papers 09/2012, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

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