That's what our members are telling us," said Scott Wexler, executive director of the 5,000-member Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association.

Hoping to block the ban in their county, the Suffolk Restaurant and Tavern Association plans a rally Tuesday in Hauppauge.

Bill Leudemann, president of the Suffolk County Restaurant and Tavern Association, said he planned to speak out at public hearings.

Scott Wexler, executive director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association, said his group prevailed because "our members made their voices heard."

Scott Wexler, the executive director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association, said the group would support a state law imposing reasonable smoking restrictions.

Some groups, like the Restaurant, Hotel, Tavern Association, try to limit attendance to lawmakers by requiring guests to come with a written invitation.

The Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association, along with four individuals, sought to overturn the law.

The Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association, a lobbying group that helped kill previous versions of the bill, did not try to stop its passage this time.

Other forms of entertainment crop up, too, as with a $450 entry the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association listed for a "concert" for lawmakers.

Bill Leudemann, president of the Suffolk County Restaurant and Tavern Association, said the association would "pursue every avenue to defeat this ridiculous law."