When the state first imposed a restaurant meal tax, opponents predicted that restaurants' revenues would decline as a result, a prediction that proved to be correct in the short term.

The tax on meals in restaurants is higher than the tax on many other goods and services.

Over the last five years, smoking has steadily declined throughout Vorland.

In many of the towns that restrict smoking in restaurants, restaurants can maintain separate dining areas where smoking is permitted.

Over the last five years, government revenues from sales taxes have grown no faster in the towns with restaurant smoking restrictions than in the towns that have no such restrictions.