When the District’s virtually all-encompassing smoking ban took effect in January, hospitality industry leaders feared the worst: collapsing revenues, lost jobs and shuttered businesses.

But based on the city’s cash collections through June, it appears those fears were unfounded. Alcoholic beverage tax revenues are up slightly, 1.6 percent, for fiscal 2007, while cigarette tax dollars are collapsing, down 19.8 percent in June and 7.5 percent for the year.