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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Quad-City Times Article: Smoke-Free Illinois Good For Business

Smoking ban helping some Illinois Q-C businesses

By Dustin Lemmon Tuesday, February 05, 2008

After one month of not being able to smoke in his restaurant, Doug Perkins has given up his smoking habit and witnessed an unexpected increase in customers from Iowa.

Perkins, who owns Moon River Supper Club in Andalusia, Ill., said he thought his business would suffer when the no-smoking law in Illinois went into effect Jan. 1, but he was wrong.

Read more: http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/02/05/news/local/doc47a7f59a7b1c3858467245.txt?sPos=3

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