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The business impact of smoking bans
How did Michigan's 2010 workplace smoking ban affect bars and restaurants?
9/24/2012 feature story
Opponents of smoking bans in bars and restaurants often claim that bans hurt business. Helen Levy analyzes bar and restaurant sales data from 2006 to 2011 to see whether sales were lower after the 2010 ban than would have been expected given prior trend data.