Bloomington-Normal's existing smoking ban means few changes

Big businesses in Bloomington-Normal say little will change for them when the state smoking ban takes effect Jan. 1.

Representatives from Mitsubishi Motors North America, State Farm and Illinois State University said most of what needs to be done to comply with the state smoking ban will either be a non issue or has already been covered by the smoking bans in Bloomington and Normal. The city bans went into effect Jan. 1, 2007.