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The Smoke-Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82; Public Act 095-0017) is a comprehensive anti-smoking law that took effect in Illinois on January 1, 2008 (). It bans smoking inside most buildings and vehicles used by the general public, used as a place of employment, or owned by the government or another public body .
Statewide smoking ban: On January 1, 2008, the Smoke Free Illinois Act went into effect, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces, including bars, restaurants, and casinos, and within 15 feet (4.6 m) of such places; exempts certain retail tobacco stores, private and semiprivate rooms in nursing homes occupied exclusively by smokers, enclosed ...
(The Center Square) – New Illinois laws that go into effect Jan. 1 will place more restrictions on electronic cigarettes. One law prohibits the advertising, marketing or promoting of an ...
The current version Chicago Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits tobacco smoking as well as "vaping" or the use of an e-cigarette, vape pen, or e-hookah in virtually all enclosed public places and enclosed places of employment. The places where smoking and the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited includes: Bars and restaurants. Shopping malls.
The Tax Foundation compared 2022 census data and cigarette sales figures to try to determine the percentage of out-of-state cigarettes being consumed. Illinois, which adds nearly $3 in taxes on a ...
The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday the seizure of about 1.4 million units of unauthorized e-cigarette products, including commonly used brands such as Elf Bar, which has ...
Senators blast health regulators and law enforcement over illegal e-cigarettes By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators on Wednesday blasted top health and law enforcement officials for not doing more to combat the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar business that has flourished amid ...
State tobacco laws partly changed in 1992 under the George H.W. Bush administration when Congress enacted the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act, whose Synar Amendment forced states to create their own laws to have a minimum age of eighteen to purchase tobacco or else lose funding from the Substance Abuse ...