(MADISON) The first effort to overturn Madison�s new smoking ban failed. Now, there�s another attempt to ease strict rules regulating cigarettes in taverns and restaurants.
Bar owners in particular say Madison�s two month-old smoking ban has driven away customers. Tobacco researchers want proof. David Ahrens from the UW Medical School is checking sales receipts: businesses have to turn in those numbers to the state Department of Revenue for tax purposes, but those figures won�t be out for awhile.