Owners, patrons worried as bars go smoke-free
By Mike Monson
Sunday December 31, 2006
Darrell Hoemann
Gary Grindley of Urbana smokes a cigarette while watching television and talking with friends at the bar at American Legion Post 71 in downtown Urbana.
URBANA – It's the Friday evening before Christmas, and the Rose Bowl is hopping.
About 25 people are crowded around the large, circular bar in downtown Urbana. Icicle lights along the top of the bar add an air of Christmas festivity. Patrons are laughing, talking, sipping beers and – almost uniformly – smoking cigarettes.
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