[Gabz]

overall revenue for California bars and restaurants has grown every year since the law's enactment,

Could this be due to the business raising their prices and not additional customers

Both of you are wrong.

Overall revenue for California has been up because business has been up. However, the revenue increases that are being promoted about the CA smoking ordinance are very misleading. The ANTI-SMOKER provided studies failed to explain that they had included fast-food, take-out, and catering businesses, in factoring the numbers.

The anti-smokers continue to lie and the lamestream media continues to accept it as FACT.

[SheLion]

If you hear of anyone saying that the smoking ban in restaurants and bars does not hurt anybody, you can quote my figures, which are based on the official reports issued by the State Board of Equalization here in California.

Otto J. Mueksch

SMOKING BAN IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA RESTAURANTS