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Vermilion agency says fine over smoking first in state 

The Vermilion County Health Department says a Hoopeston bar owner is the first in Illinois to be fined for a violation of the state smoking ban.

An administrative law judge upheld the $100 fine in late September against Deano's on Main in Hoopeston for violating the law against indoor smoking in Illinois, according to a release from the county's health department.

The release said a health department worker on a routine inspection last March saw a customer smoking, and that the department had received "multiple complaints from the public" about smoking at the bar. The department issued a violation and fined the bar. The administrative judge upheld that fine.

The Vermilion County department said this is the first successful ruling in the state under the law banning smoking.

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