This is just a slimy trick by Big Tobacco to circumvent the system. An $8 pack of cigarettes still exudes the same toxins as a $4 pack. For the people of Chicago, this is an equal-opportunity killer.

The social norms are changing. It's no longer OK to blow smoke in someone's face. Public support for these laws is growing across the nation as people become more aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke.

The social norms are changing. It's no longer okay to blow smoke in someone's face.

There are some people in this world who can emotionally disconnect like a light switch. It’s like a mental defense mechanism.

We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a vivid and illuminative dream.

It's very quiet and almost ethereal and you would never guess that we are a very short drive ? less than 10 minutes ? to the heart of downtown.