Illinois smoking ban?

[jack jones]

Anyone else been to a bar that's ignoring it?

[Guppy]

I have not been to a bar in Illinois yet this year.

[jack jones]

That's a shame.

[Schwahalala]

Jack -

I was watching TV a couple of weeks ago - and I am pretty sure I saw a guy that may have been Socrates on it. He was organizing some type of bar strike against and said that it was hurting his business.

I think it was Socrates because he was wearing an Illini sweater.

[ShortHop]

It's been enforced everywhere that I've been.

[backstop]

It's been enforced everywhere that I've been.

Me too, and it's the greatest thing of all time. I smell delicious.

[Guppy]

That's a shame.

I am not to worried about it as you can tell.


But those that I know that have went love the fact that there is no smoking.

[SKIDOG]

Been to a few hole in the wall type places that aren't enforcing it. Mostly in not so great locations. But, when I went to Fast Eddie's last week and no one was flaring up it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[jack jones]

Been to a few hole in the wall type places that aren't enforcing it. Mostly in not so great locations.

Those are the types I've noticed. It took about a month before they decided to look the other way. It will be interesting to see if that turns around. While I remain philosophically opposed, the results were, for that month, pretty amazing.

[ShortHop]

Me too, and it's the greatest thing of all time. I smell delicious.

It is pretty awesome.

And so is the smoking ban.

[Glovey]

It is pretty awesome.

And so is the smoking ban.

[skippy05]

Absolutely LOVE the smoking ban, especially as someone who works in IL. We did our Hotshots promotions last week and I had to go to Fenton and couldn't believe how bad it smelled because of the smokers. I've gotten used to smoke-free restaurants/bars. I love the smokers' arguments of how it's infringing on their civil rights and how if non-smokers don't like it, they should go elsewhere. I have two counter-arguments: 1) I'm pretty sure these are the same people who have a "might makes right" and "majority rules" type of mentality for everything else and I'm pretty sure there are more non-smokers than smokers, and 2) I feel if someone has the "right" to light up next to me, I should have the "right" to take a shit next to them. Hey, if they don't like sitting next to a steaming pile o' poop, they can go elsewhere, right?

[JMolina]

Anyone else been to a bar that's ignoring it?

Mandy's on East State Street in O'Fallon, IL. said, "F**k it. We're not going to lose business." Exact quote.

[Prngr44]

I love the ban.

I've gone into a couple bathrooms where people are stealing a cig, but it's really nice not having to smell like an ashtray anymore.

[Bleacher Creature]

I went to the SmokeyStar (Ameristar) Casino on Saturday afternoon. I was playing a draw poker machine next to a woman who was lighing them up as soon as the previous one went out. Another lady asked her if she was from Illinois. She responded with a yes, and went into a diatribe about how the state will not get any more of her money at the Casino Queen. She held up her lit cancer stick and said "I'd simply die if I couldn't smoke". I muttered under my breath, you're doing that anyway.