The Village of Vernon Hills is further extending its ban on park smoking. After weighing less restrictive measures, the park district commission has announced that smoking will be prohibited 15 feet from park property.

Violators will be cited on their first offense, a second offense within a year carries a fine of $25.

Vernon Hills is a village of 25,000, located less than an hour outside of Chicago.

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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.