Jump to full article: KFVS Channel 12 (Cape Girardeau, MO), 2009-10-21
Author: Carly O'Keefe
Intro: 's been nearly two years since Illinois banned smoking inside restaurants and bars, but with the economy on the rocks, all bar owners are looking to get an edge over the competition and some choose to break the law.
Lately Mollie's Bar manager Sammy Mankin says some of his customers have told him they're leaving his place for bars that let them smoke.
"They say we love Mollies, but we can't smoke here," Mankin said.
To allow smoking indoors is against Illinois law. The fact that some bars in town are allowing it has left Mankin to feel that his competition has found an unfair advantage.
"They want to go where they can smoke and have a drink and socialize with their fiends," said Mankin. "We cannot offer that here because we follow the law and adhere to it. So we suffer for it."
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