ATTENTION SMOKERS!

You are likely aware that Dallas City Council has passed a Smoking Ban that took effect April 10, 2009. Not to worry though. The Round Up will be making major improvements to our patio. We have already removed the awning making the patio open air once again! We have other plans in the making which will expand and improve the existing patio. There will be minimal inconvenience to smokers thanks to the PATIO Smoking ALLOWANCE in the NEW LAW! Patios are ALSO EXEMPT from the 15-foot limit from doorways!

The Round Up will do whatever is necessary
to accommodate our smokers within the new law!


All In Club Smoking will be limited to the patio, but the front sidewalk and the parking lot will be made more comfortable for smokers also. With your cooperation, we can make this a simple and painless transition to NON-SMOKING inside the building!


Smoking in the LGBT Community
(courtesy of Howard Brown Health Center)

  • Several factors such as higher levels of social stress, frequent patronage of bars and clubs, higher rates of alcohol and drug use, and direct targeting of LGBT consumers by the tobacco industry may be related to higher prevalence rates of tobacco use among some LGBT people.
     
  • LGBT individuals are 40-70% more likely to smoke than non-LGBT.
     
  • GBT men are 50% more likely to smoke than the general population and LBT women are almost 200% more likely to smoke than the general population.
     
  • LGBT adolescents are taking up smoking at an alarming rate - in a recent national study 45% of females and 35% of males reporting same-sex attraction or behavior smoked. In comparison, only 29% of the rest of the youth smoked.
     
  • The American Cancer Society estimates that over 30,000 LGBT people die each year of tobacco-related diseases. This is a very conservative estimate, because it presumes we smoke at the same rate as the general population.
     
  • Tobacco companies offer an unknown amount of financial support to LGBT festivals, bars, media, and local organizations. Sometimes this money comes with conditions, for example, some gay bars are prohibited from allowing any anti-tobacco promotion onsite.
     

Please check out these links about GLBT Smoking, if you are concerned or want to quit smoking.

Smoking increases cancer-associated HPV viral load

National LGBTI Anti-Tobacco Summit

Howard Brown: Smoking Cessation