% ▁of ▁UK ▁sm ok ers ▁may ▁have ▁considered ▁qu itting ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁that ▁nation ' s ▁sm oking ▁ban . ▁ ▁R estaur ant ▁sm oking ▁restrictions ▁may ▁help ▁to ▁stop ▁young ▁people ▁from ▁becoming ▁habit ual ▁sm ok ers . ▁A ▁study ▁of ▁Massachusetts ▁youth s , ▁found ▁that ▁those ▁in ▁towns ▁with ▁sm oking ▁b ans ▁were ▁ 3 5 ▁percent ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁habit ual ▁sm ok ers . ▁ ▁Effect s ▁upon ▁business es ▁ ▁Many ▁studies ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁health ▁industry ▁literature ▁on ▁the ▁economic ▁effect ▁of ▁sm oking ▁b ans . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁these ▁government ▁and ▁academic ▁studies ▁have ▁found ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁negative ▁economic ▁impact ▁associated ▁with ▁sm oking ▁restrictions ▁and ▁many ▁find ings ▁that ▁there ▁may ▁be ▁a ▁positive ▁effect ▁on ▁local ▁business es . ▁A ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁review ▁of ▁ 9 7 ▁such ▁studies ▁of ▁the ▁economic ▁effects ▁of ▁a ▁sm oking ▁ban ▁on ▁the ▁hospital ity ▁industry ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁" best - des igned " ▁studies ▁concluded ▁that ▁sm oking ▁b ans ▁did ▁not ▁harm ▁business es . ▁Similarly , ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁meta - analysis ▁found ▁no ▁significant ▁g ains ▁or ▁losses ▁in ▁re venue ▁in ▁restaur ants ▁and ▁bars ▁affected ▁by ▁sm oking ▁b ans . ▁ ▁Studies ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁bar ▁and ▁restaurant ▁associations ▁have ▁sometimes ▁claimed ▁that ▁sm oking ▁b ans ▁have ▁a ▁negative ▁effect ▁on ▁restaurant ▁and ▁bar ▁prof its . ▁Such ▁associations