Illinois just put a statewide smoking ban in effect on Jan. 1. You can't smoke in ANY public building, or within 15' of any entrance. I don't know shy a state would choose to loose a TON of money by having people stay home and have friends over to socialize, drink and smoke a cigarette. I've saved about $450 since the ban started by not going to restaurants or bars. What a crock. Like any smoker is going to a bar if they have to take a walk outside every 20 minutes when it's 20 below 0? The plus side is, now there are massive piles of cigarette butts all over the sidewalks outside bars and restaurants.
Being an x-smoker (6 years this February 18th) I'm actually pretty happy that my county passed a smoking ban on bars and restaurants. Now I can go to bars and restaurants again without my sinuses feeling like total crap the next morning. Passing a law against smoking in public places is a great idea because YOUR smoke DOES affect the air I'M breathing. Fat people eating doesn't affect my environment or the air I'm breathing (unless it's a Mexican or Indian restaurant of course )