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Harvard researchers say smoking ban pays off for restaurants, bars
Publication Date: 2005-04-04
- Author:AP
- Publication:Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health reviewed tax records for all of the state's restaurants, bars and nightclubs, and they found that tax collections on meals increased 9 percent over the first six months of the smoking ban.