Happy banniversary

Monday, December 29 2008

It's been a year since the state banned smoking in public places. Could residences be next?

In the year since the Illinois smoking ban snuffed out cigarettes in bars, Jake Perry has drastically cut back--not on cigarettes, but on bars.

"It's just not fun anymore," said Perry, 34, who used to hit the bars every weekend and now rarely ventures out.

"You have to go outside, you can't drink your beer while you're smoking a cigarette," he said. "Even nonsmokers you're with get annoyed because suddenly a bunch of people decide to go outside to smoke, so they're left sitting by themselves."

Happy banniversary continues...