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The Big Apple: Cigarettes and Central Planners

The Restaurant Business Can Self-Regulate Regarding Smoking

OCTOBER 01, 1995 by A.A. SHENFIELD

If there's any industry that is fully capable of self-regulating about smoking, surely it's the New York City restaurant business. It seems clear that the market is thoroughly adept at adjusting to customers who prefer a smoke-free environment, if they request it, and equally capable of catering to others who wish to have a cigarette after dinner.