CHAMPAIGN – Chances that a comprehensive smoking ban will be enacted in Champaign in the near future dimmed Thursday after Champaign City Council member Marci Dodds said she would abstain on any such vote.
Dodds voted in favor of banning smoking in bars and restaurants in study session on Sept. 14, but that proposal failed in a 5-4 vote.
The full story is available in our paid story archive.