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Originally Posted by RACooper
The "high end" clubs and restaurants can just declare themselves private clubs can't they? Pretty much every region with a smoking ban has a legislative provision for the establishment of private clubs with private memberships in which smoking is permissible - most of the Men's Clubs or higher end places catering to the cigar crowd went that way up here when the ban hit years ago...
PS> For the OP - no the quoted bit by me was directed at the guy in the article and not you, which is why your name wasn't at the top of the quote  |
Not sure if Illinois left a provision for private clubs or not. Arguably the employees still have to work there...
ETA: according to a google news search: Private Clubs are NOT exempt.