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Old 05-05-2008, 09:59 AM   #1
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Illinois smoking ban tamps down puffing at pipe convention

Anti-smoking nazis are at it again. This time at a conference for pipe smokers. What a shame.

Illinois smoking ban tamps down puffing at pipe convention

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) -- There will be no indoor smoking at a large convention for pipe smokers in Illinois.

A new Illinois law bans smoking in public places. That's taken some of the steam out of this weekend's Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show in St. Charles.
The event draws 4,000 pipe collectors from more than 60 countries. Organizers tried to get around the new law by arguing their gathering was a private club meeting. Police and health officials said no.

Instead, a large smoking tent has been set up 15 feet away from the Pheasant Run convention center. Convention-goer Al Shinogle of Denver likens it to a wine tasting without the wine.


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Already a thread on this ... in the pipe forum.


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GRRRR!! Sorry guys.
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Re: Illinois smoking ban tamps down puffing at pipe convention

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Anti-smoking nazis are at it again. This time at a conference for pipe smokers. What a shame.
Illinois smoking ban tamps down puffing at pipe convention
I'm glad you posted here. I don't read the pipe forum so would have missed it.

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