illinois (specifically chicago) no smoking laws

lancemoreland said:
I thought you were joking about the "foie gras". I Googled it just for fun and sure enough it has been banned in Chicago. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. What's next??? Butter??? Steak??? Sounds like you folks need to clean house at City Council.
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Pretty ridiculous, isn't it? Maybe one of the other Chicago guys or gals can back me up, but I believe one of the aldermen here actually proposed putting diapers on the horses in the city.
 
JackSchwartz said:
Pretty ridiculous, isn't it? Maybe one of the other Chicago guys or gals can back me up, but I believe one of the aldermen here actually proposed putting diapers on the horses in the city.
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Haven't heard that...

How about this - it is illegal to sell a can of spraypaint in the city of Chicago.
 
mmblz said:
Haven't heard that...

How about this - it is illegal to sell a can of spraypaint in the city of Chicago.
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yep - that makes sense in terms of cutting out graffitti. did you know that chicago has a law that forbids eating in a place that is on fire? and it's illegal to give a dog whiskey? also, kites may not be flown within the city limits!

i just want to smoke a friggin cigar! :cb
 
funlab said:
yep - that makes sense in terms of cutting out graffitti.
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sort of. but it doesn't prevent graffiti people from going outside of the city to buy it, and it DOES cause a pain in the butt for the rest of us.
i think it would be more effective to just change the penalty for anyone caught doing graffiti to cut off a hand.
 
mmblz said:
sort of. but it doesn't prevent graffiti people from going outside of the city to buy it, and it DOES cause a pain in the butt for the rest of us.
i think it would be more effective to just change the penalty for anyone caught doing graffiti to cut off a hand.
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still leaves them with one hand though. make the penalty a testicle or two, that would be a better detterant.
 
NicotineBuzz said:
I thought you were joking about the "foie gras". I Googled it just for fun and sure enough it has been banned in Chicago. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. What's next??? Butter??? Steak??? Sounds like you folks need to clean house at City Council.
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As far as your butter comment goes, there was talk about banning certain typs of frying oils. The problem with Chicago and Illinois is that we have a bunch of powerful out-of-control politicians that do what ever they want to insted of what the people want. The perfect example is the airport fiasco and Dailey's midnight bulldozing.
 
JackSchwartz said:
Pretty ridiculous, isn't it? Maybe one of the other Chicago guys or gals can back me up, but I believe one of the aldermen here actually proposed putting diapers on the horses in the city.
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That was alderman Burtan Natarus. If i'm correct I do believe that it was passed for a while. If i'm wrong i'm shure that someone will corect me.
 
I went to Chicago last weekend for the Packers-Bears game and had one final hurrah at the cigar lounge at Sullivan's, where I spent almost every nite until I moved from Chicago this summer. That place is the best. Too bad the gov't decided to become a nanny. What a shame.
 
You can smoke in bowling alleys. The state new law allows smoking in bowling alleys. I guess the bowling industry has a strong lobby.

Steve
 
The details are making me even angrier. This is almost as absurd as chicago's foie gras ban. Talk about destroying our Capone heritage. Makes me happy that my dad is installing a smoke eater in our smoke free appartment.
 
Stevefly50 said:
You can smoke in bowling alleys. The state new law allows smoking in bowling alleys. I guess the bowling industry has a strong lobby.

Steve
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Not true. Atleast according to this article in the Trib.

"On Jan. 1, Illinois will become the 22nd state to implement a ban on smoking in virtually all public places, from bowling alleys and bars to restaurants and casinos. An exemption, however, will preserve tobacco shops as the last public smoking refuges..."
 
Stevefly50 said:
You can smoke in bowling alleys. The state new law allows smoking in bowling alleys. I guess the bowling industry has a strong lobby.

Steve
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mitro said:
Not true. Atleast according to this article in the Trib.

"On Jan. 1, Illinois will become the 22nd state to implement a ban on smoking in virtually all public places, from bowling alleys and bars to restaurants and casinos. An exemption, however, will preserve tobacco shops as the last public smoking refuges..."
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Mike is right, bowling alleys are not exempted in the statute.

Cigar / Pipe Retailers
Arlington Park Racetrack
A percentage of hotel rooms.

That's it....
 
Well then, since Arlington Park is 10 minutes away from me, and they're also talking about getting slot machines there, that should just about create a "perfect storm" for me.
 
How's the smoking ban been treating the Illinois guys and gals here? I have not gone out since the first of the year. First time is when I played hockey at Johnny's Ice House last night. They have a bar upstairs; darn near lit up after a few drinks before someone asked me what I was doing! Used to love to have a cold beer and a LFD 2000 #6 after a game.

I'm not sure if this is just rumor but some one told me that there is a proposed amendment to the ban that is trying to exempt bars that just serve alcohol. I'm not holding my breath.

On another note, I was just cleaning up some files on the computer and stumbled across this article from Smoke Mag. Ohh, the good ol' days in Chicago.

SMOKE MAG

Have a great weekend.

Eric
 
Johnny's Ice House, excellent....rat hockey or men's league?

I have been smoking in my basement since Jan 1.....looks like that's the plan until the warmer weather hits.
 
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