While the tourism industry has been pleased, Ireland’s medical establishment has been ecstatic.
爱尔兰的旅游业感到欣慰,医疗机构更是欣喜若狂。
The TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, a Dublin-based health-advocacy group, released studies in 2013 showing a 26 percent post-ban reduction in heart disease throughout Ireland and a 32 percent decline in strokes, suggesting that over a decade the smoking ban may have saved more than 3,700 lives.
都柏林的健康宣传组织爱尔兰无烟研究所(TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland)2013年发布的研究表明,禁烟后爱尔兰的心脏病发病率降低了26%,中风发病率降低了32%,10年禁烟挽救了3700多条性命。
The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland famously deemed the law “unnecessary, unworkable and unjustified” and predicted dire problems with enforcement, few of which have occurred. Pubs throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom did experience a well-publicized decline in the last decade — about 1,300 Irish pubs shut down — but researchers say that it is largely because of supermarket liquor sales, stricter drunk-driving laws and the changing entertainment habits of patrons younger than 40, not the smoking ban. The tobacco industry’s prediction of financial ruin for bars, restaurants and hotels, with a potential loss of 65,000 jobs, never came to pass.
爱尔兰酒商联盟(Vintners’ Federation of Ireland)曾宣称这项法律“没有必要,不可行,没道理”而出名,并预测了执法会带来的严重问题,而这些问题几乎都没发生。在过去10年里,爱尔兰和英国的酒吧的确经历了被广泛宣传的衰落——爱尔兰约有1300个酒吧关门——但研究者说这主要是因为超市销售酒类、酒驾法律更严格、40岁以下的顾客们改变了娱乐方式,而不是因为禁烟。烟草业预测酒吧、餐馆和酒店会遭受经济损失,会失去6.5万个工作岗位——它的预测从未成为现实。
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