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ah? Did that article say that? If so I missed it, and i agree, that might be different jon hall writes: > It's not the tobacco lobby saying anything, it's the restaurant owners > and the restaurant owners association. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Monday, August 4, 2003, 2:47:0

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It's not the tobacco lobby saying anything, it's the restaurant owners and the restaurant owners association. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, August 4, 2003, 2:47:06 PM, you wrote: DT> yeah well *my* point is that while some individual businesses may suffer DT> the tobacco lobby likes

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yeah well *my* point is that while some individual businesses may suffer the tobacco lobby likes to make it sound like a holocaust for small businesses. And they of course are not biased at all jon hall writes: > Yes, they are probably biased. Anyone in the medical field, be it > from the dep

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Yes, they are probably biased. Anyone in the medical field, be it from the department of health or doing a study on cigarettes, probably feels that since cigarette smoking is harmful to ones health, the ban is a good idea. I don't think a chamber of commerce person is necessary either. If a busines

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ok so you are saying medical studies are biased? You need soemthng from the chamber of commerce? Somebody probably did do one. dana jon hall writes: > I find it odd that the business owners and the restaurant association > seem to disagree with the government... > > Personally, I'd believe just

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I find it odd that the business owners and the restaurant association seem to disagree with the government... Personally, I'd believe just about anyone before I believed a department of health's study about economic impact of anything. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, August 4, 2003, 1

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From Crosswalk.com http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1211996.html Study Shows No Economic Harm From Anti-Smoking Law David Fein Correspondent (CNSNews.com) - A study released by the New York City Department of Health concludes that the city's four-month-old ban of smoking at restaurants and bars h