The Smoke-Free Movement

Smoke doesn’t go with food - State Journal-Register

Community Briefing: South and Southwest Suburbs - Chicago Tribune

County smoking ban OK'd - Lake County News Sun

State smoking ban eases burden on local officials - Batavia Sun

State OKs smoking ban, effective Jan. 1 - River Grove Messenger

State OKs smoking ban - Chicago News Star

Westville bans smoking in village-owned buildings, vehicles - The News-Gazette, Champaign

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We discovered over the weekend, much to our pleasant surprise, that Smoke-Free Illinois now has its own group on Facebook.com, a social networking site targeted to college and high school students. In a very brief amount of time, the Smoke-Free Illinois group on Facebook has been joined by 441 people. Facebook groups are spread primarily through word-of-mouth efforts and online messaging, and since the group was created independently of the American Cancer Society, it is just more proof that the smoke-free movement is grassroots politics at its finest.

Note: Since Facebook.com is limited to high school students and college students/staff/alumni, you will need to register with the site to view the group. If you are already a registered Facebook user then please join the group and keep the numbers growing!

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Smoking on the big screen - State Journal-Register

Demands of art can't be allowed to go up in smoke - Chicago Tribune

Chicago smoking ban snuffs out on-stage cigarettes - Chicago Tribune

Daley says smoking on stage should be snuffed - Chicago Tribune

Smoking bans don't choke off economies - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tax or ban? - Quad-City Times

Smoking ban won't burn tobacco shops - Belleville News-Democrat

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