Smoking Ban Is Good for Business, City Says
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From Times Wire Reports
Tax receipts from bars and restaurants jumped almost 9% in the 10 months after New York City’s public smoking ban went into effect, proof that businesses haven’t been harmed by the rules, the city says.
From April 2003 through January, the city said it collected about $17.4 million in tax receipts from bars and restaurants, compared with $16 million in the same period the year before.
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