Vorland’s government is planning a nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants. The objection
that the ban would reduce restaurants’ revenues is ill founded. Several towns in Vorland enacted
restaurant smoking restrictions five years ago. Since then, the amount the government collects in
restaurant meal taxes in those towns has increased 34 percent, on average, but only 26 percent
elsewhere in Vorland. The amount collected in restaurant meal taxes closely reflects restaurants’
revenues.
Which of the following, if true, most undermines the defense of the government’s plan?
A. When the state first imposed a restaurant meal tax, opponents predicted that restaurants’
revenues would decline as a result, a prediction that proved to be correct in the short term.
B. The tax on meals in restaurants is higher than the tax on many other goods and services.
C. Over the last five years, smoking has steadily declined throughout Vorland.
D. In many of the towns that restrict smoking in restaurants, restaurants can maintain separate
dining areas where smoking is permitted.
E. Over the last five years, government revenues from sales taxes have grown no faster in the
towns with restaurant smoking restrictions than in the towns that have no such restrictions.
对答案D有一些疑问，说在已经实施restrict smoking in restaurants，可以单独给出吸烟区。那全国范围的实施禁烟应该也会给出吸烟区的。应该不会对饭店收入造成影响的啊。。？
还是说题目中的ban on smoking in restaurants和restaurant smoking restrictions five years ago是两个概念，一个是全面禁烟还有一个只是限烟？
