Fewer smokers
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New York City started a series of anti-smoking measures five years ago  and it believes it is starting to see the results.
Nineteen percent fewer residents are smoking.
The rate in New York City is about 17.5 percent compared to 21 percent for the country as a whole.
Here is what the city did. It increased taxes, it banned smoking in workplaces including all restaurants and bars and it began a series of graphic ads on television showing sick and dying smokers.
You might remember the outcry from some in the restaurant industry. But the outcome was not only more pleasant restaurants. There are a fewer smokers too. All of the complaints seem minor now.
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