NY POST DETAILS M&A POLL SHOWING OPPOSITION TO NEW SMOKING LAW

MEDIA RELEASE
September 8, 2003

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  John McLaughlin, john@mclaughlinonline.com
  Brian Larkin, blarkin@mclaughlinonline.com
  McLaughlin & Associates; (845) 365-2000

A page-two article in today's edition of the New York Post details a McLaughlin & Associates poll conducted for the New York State Conservative Party July 29-30, 2003, among 600 likely New York State voters, which reveals that voters believe that the statewide anti-smoking ban recently passed is too harsh, and should not be allowed to stand.

Solid majorities say that the state government "went too far" in enacting the ban, that they oppose retaining the ban, and believe that private owners and management should be left alone to decide their own establishments' smoking policies. These majorities hold both statewide and in New York City, which has its own similar, local-level smoking ban.

Click here to view an executive summary for the poll, viewable in Adobe Acrobat Reader (available for free download).

Click here to read the article in today's New York Post.

Methodology

This survey of 600 likely general voters in the state of New York was conducted on July 29-30, 2003. All interviews were conducted by professional interviewers via telephone. Interview selection was random within predetermined election units. These units were structured to correlate with actual voter turnout in a general statewide election. This poll of 600 likely general voters has a margin of error of +/- 4.0% at a 95% confidence interval.

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