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Taz
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Message 3 of 140 (451462)
01-27-2008 7:35 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by subbie
01-27-2008 6:29 PM


God help you if you live in Illinois. We have a new law now. No smoking in any public area, not even in a park. This went into affect about a month ago. I'm seeing that people are still not observing this new law. I think they will start observing it when they start getting the $250 fine that comes with smoking within 15 feet of any public domain.

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Taz
Member (Idle past 3322 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 11 of 140 (451558)
01-28-2008 1:17 AM
Reply to: Message 10 by Hyroglyphx
01-27-2008 10:51 PM


Re: Only a matter of time before it becomes illegal
See, the reason I think this new law of ours is so unrealistic is because, especially in a city like Chicago, it's pretty much almost impossible for you to find a place that is 15 feet from any public place. A lot of people are starting to smoke inside their cars, which is a safe haven. I honestly don't see how people in the big cities who take public transportation get around this, assuming they have to observe it like they observe other laws. We're not talking about just 15 feet from where you live or work. We're talking about 15 feet from ANY place that is public.
Anyway, I'll be keeping my eyes open to see how they will actually enforce this new law.
PS - The only time I've ever smoked was when I was really drunk. In fact, the fact of whatever I smoked was just a cigarette is still in question.

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