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Updated: January 24, 2013
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CHAMPAIGN -- A new study says Illinois is behind when it comes to anti-smoking rules. The CDC says our state is one of 14 which doesn't require a license to sell tobacco. It makes it harder to enforce tobacco laws because the state has no way to tell which stores sell it.

Nearly 21% of adults in Illinois smoke. That's about the same as the national average. Champaign Public Health says it offers a stop-smoking program every year. The state also has a quit hotline.

http://www.c-uphd.org/stop-smoking.html

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