Champaign repeals 3-month-old ban on bar, club smoking

CHAMPAIGN – Evgenii Sverdlov of Urbana had been a three-time loser in the smoking wars – until Tuesday night.

Sverdlov, a University of Illinois law student, has lived in San Francisco, New York City and Champaign-Urbana. During his time in each place, the city councils implemented indoor smoking bans.

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