D.C. restaurants and bars have suffered since the city’s smoking ban took effect in January, according to a survey released this week, though the results of the study are strongly disputed by anti-smoking activists.

More than 35 percent of members in the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington claim declining revenue since Jan. 2, when the indoor-smoking prohibition kicked in, the association said, with one respondent reporting a 50 percent receipt crash.

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