[HamiltonJay]

hahaha, 100k people haven't moved out of NYC because of the smoking ban. People don't MOVE in great numbers because they can't smoke in restraunts.

People move to NYC because of the economic hub that it is... people don't sell and move in large numbers over something as trivial as smoking in restraunts and bars.

You show me one study at all that remotely shows the population of NYC has declined by 100k because of the smoking ban.. with about 8,000,000 people 100k represent about 1.25% of the population of the city! And that's not remotely true that over 1% of the population of the city have moved away over smoking.

[Just another Joe]

I was actually being slightly sarcastic.
You are probably correct in your assertation that large numbers of people probably don't move simply because they can't smoke in bars or reataurants.
Give Bloominidiot another term and then we'll talk again.

I also don't believe that smokers, who have access to other ways of buying cigarettes, quit in the numbers given here.

[Know your rights]

people don't sell and move in large numbers over something as trivial as smoking in restraunts and bars.

Some agree that it's trivial and don't move, others disagree and do move (probably finding the ban to be the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back).

[Gabz]

They may not be moving out because of the smoking ban..........but they sure as heck are not moving in because of it.

I didn't move out of Delaware because of the smoking ban (done before NY's)but it sure was another added incentive for us to get the heck out of there.

I did not attend my 25th class reunion in NYC specifically because of the the bloominidiot's smoking ban. It could have just as easily been held outside the city (NY state ban had not yet gone into effect at the time).

My family spent the money we would have wasted in NYC in places that are more friendly and open to all types of clientele. In other words, we stayed in Virginia.