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Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Here's a story of senators saying government should butt out. A bill to outlaw smoking in cars while kids are in the car failed in the state legislature. State Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) sponsored the bill on public health grounds, saying second-hand smoke can be fatal, particularly when you're exposed to it in a confined space...

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois University has created a task force to write a draft policy for the state's Smoke-Free Campus Act, which goes into effect July 1. Former Gov. Pat Quinn last August signed the law that bans smoking both indoors and outdoors in all Illinois state-supported higher education institutions...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' public colleges are going smoke-free — indoors and out — starting next summer. Gov. Pat Quinn says he's signed a law that bans indoor and outdoor smoking at all state-supported colleges and universities. The bill makes exceptions for smoking inside privately owned vehicles traveling through campus and some activities under the federal American Indian Religious Freedom Act.