In NY, the state is reacting to bar owners fighting the smoking ban by issuing public service announcements about how GOOD the ban will be for you. The announcements are LADEN with numbers which they claim are statistics...though none of them are based in any scientific study. As with all leftists, they feel that an Orwellian misinformation campaign to the public will make the masses settle down and allow the state to "care for them". After all, it's for "the children". The worst part is that in NY, it just might work.
New York is so damn liberal. Have you been listening to Ann Coulter and her new book? She tells it like it is when it comes to libs.