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There will be no indoor smoking at a large convention for pipe smokers in Illinois.
A new state law bans smoking in public places. That’s taken some of the steam out of this weekend’s Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show in St. Charles.
The event draws 4,000 pipe collectors from more than 60 countries.
![Los Angeles, CA - May 19: Oscar Magana, 22, left, who struggles with mental problems but does not use drugs, sits in his tent as his step father, Johnny Roman, right, 58, who is addicted to meth, bipolar, manic depressive, and ADHD, puts bags of supplies for drug use in their tent encampment near Avalon Boulevard and East Florence Avenue in South Los Angeles Friday, May 19, 2023. The bags of supplies were distributed by a team from Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care Systems [HOPICS] and includes drug pipes, overdose reversal nasal spray, fentanyl test strips, wipes and educational materials are aimed at preventing infection and disease, and saving them from the fentanyl death crisis. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d2e373f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3900x2608+0+163/resize/1024x685!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff2%2Fc8%2Fa65d8e8f48afab4d760e8df4219e%2F1298639-me-soaring-fentanyl-deaths-16-ajs.jpg)
