Today was the first weekly reporting period since the ban took effect on Friday.

If the ban takes effect, she added, "we will have to raise the price of our coffee."

The ban could take effect by the end of the year, although several legal steps remain.

Smoking will be allowed in the bar until the statewide ban takes effect on April 15.

But it was never clear whether the ban fully took effect.

The ban would not take effect at the Aintree meeting however.

Because of Congressional legislation, the ban has never taken effect.

The ban takes effect in the 1994-95 school year.

Thus the ban would not take effect before the 1996 filing season.

The ban would take effect 95 days after the transportation bill was signed by the President.