SB0222ham002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. John Connor

Filed: 5/22/2019

10100SB0222ham002 LRB101 05070 RLC 60915 a

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 222

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 222 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Flavored Tobacco Ban Act.

Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:

"Alternative nicotine product" means a product or device not consisting of or containing tobacco that provides for the ingestion into the body of nicotine, whether by chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, snorting, sniffing, or by any other means. "Alternative nicotine product" does not include: cigarettes as defined in Section 1 of the Cigarette Tax Act and tobacco products as defined in Section 10-5 of the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995; tobacco product and electronic cigarette as defined in this Section; or any product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose.

"Characterizing flavor" means a distinguishable taste or aroma, including, but not limited to, any fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb or spice flavoring, not including tobacco, menthol, mint, or wintergreen. In no event shall a tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes or any component part of a tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes be construed to have a characterizing flavor based solely on the use of trace additives or flavorings or the provision of ingredient information.

"Electronic cigarette" means:

(1) any device that employs a battery or other mechanism to heat a solution or substance to produce a vapor or aerosol intended for inhalation;

(2) any cartridge or container of a solution or substance intended to be used with or in the device or to refill the device; or

(3) any solution or substance, whether or not it contains nicotine intended for use in the device.

"Electronic cigarette" includes, but is not limited to, any electronic nicotine delivery system, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, electronic hookah, vape pen, or similar product or device, and any components or parts that can be used to build the product or device. "Electronic cigarette" does not include: cigarettes as defined in Section 1 of the Cigarette Tax Act and tobacco products as defined in Section 10-5 of the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995; tobacco product, related tobacco product, and alternative nicotine product as defined in this Section; any product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose; any asthma inhaler prescribed by a physician for that condition and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose; or any therapeutic product approved for use under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.

"Flavored alternative nicotine product" means any alternative nicotine product that contains a natural or artificial constituent or additive that imparts a characterizing flavor.

"Flavored related tobacco product" means any related tobacco product that contains a natural or artificial constituent or additive that imparts a characterizing flavor.

"Flavored solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes" means any solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes that contains a natural or artificial constituent or additive that imparts a characterizing flavor.

"Flavored tobacco product" means any tobacco product that contains a natural or artificial constituent or additive that imparts a characterizing flavor.

"Labeling" means written, printed, pictorial, or graphic matter upon a tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes or any of its packaging.

"Packaging" or "package" means a pack, box, carton, or container of any kind, or, if no other container, any wrapping, including cellophane, in which a tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes is sold or offered for sale to a consumer.

"Related tobacco product" means any product intended for or traditionally used with tobacco, including, but not limited to, papers, wraps, tubes, or filters. A product of a type that has in the past been used in conjunction with tobacco or nicotine use will be deemed a "related tobacco product" regardless of any labeling or descriptive language on such product stating that the product is not intended for use with tobacco or for non-tobacco use only or other similar language.

"Retail location" means: (1) a building from which tobacco products, related tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or solutions or substances intended for use with electronic cigarettes are sold at retail; or (2) a vending machine.

"Tobacco product" means any product containing or made from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff, snus, and any other smokeless tobacco product that contains tobacco that is finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf and intended to be placed in the oral cavity. "Tobacco product" includes any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, whether or not sold separately. "Tobacco product" does not include: an electronic cigarette and alternative nicotine product as defined in this Section; or any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose.

"Tobacco retailer" means a person who engages in this State in the sale of tobacco products, related tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or solutions or substances intended for use with electronic cigarettes directly to the public from a retail location, including a person who operates vending machines from which tobacco products, related tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or solutions or substances intended for use with electronic cigarettes are sold in this State.

Section 10. Prohibition; penalties.

(a) A tobacco retailer or any of the tobacco retailer's agents or employees may not sell, offer for sale, or possess with the intent to sell or offer for sale, a flavored tobacco product, flavored related tobacco product, flavored alternative nicotine product, or flavored solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes. There is a presumption that a tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes is a flavored tobacco product, flavored related tobacco product, flavored alternative nicotine product, or flavored solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes if the tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes has or produces a characterizing flavor, including, but not limited to, text, color, or images on the product's labeling or packaging that are used to explicitly or implicitly communicate or suggest that the tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes has a characterizing flavor. A product with labeling or packaging that suggests the presence of a characterizing flavor or uses a concept flavor is presumed to be a flavored tobacco product, flavored related tobacco product, flavored alternative nicotine product, or flavored solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes.

(b) Any person, other than a manufacturer or distributor, who violates subsection (a) is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined an amount as follows:

(1) For the first offense, the offender shall be fined an amount of $100 for each individual package of tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes sold or offered for sale.

(2) For a second offense within a 2-year period, the offender shall be fined $250 for each individual package of tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes sold or offered for sale.

(3) For a third or subsequent offense within a 2-year period, the offender shall be fined $500 for each individual package of tobacco product, related tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes sold or offered for sale.

(c) A manufacturer or distributor shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000 for each brand or style of the manufacturer's or distributor's tobacco products, related tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or solutions or substances intended for use with electronic cigarettes that is found to have been sold or offered for sale in violation of this Act on more than one occasion during any 30-day period. With respect to a manufacturer or distributor, it is an affirmative defense to a finding of a violation under this Act that the sale or offer for sale, occurred without the knowledge, consent, authorization or involvement, direct or indirect, of the manufacturer or distributor.

(d) Moneys received as fines and civil penalties under this Act shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be used as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection. All moneys collected as fines and civil penalties for violations of this Act shall be distributed in the following manner:

(1) one-half of each fine and civil penalty shall be distributed to the State agency or unit of local government that successfully prosecuted the offender; and

(2) one-half of each fine and civil penalty shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue to be used for enforcing this Act and the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act.

Section 15. Local preemption. This Act does not preempt or otherwise prohibit the adoption of a local standard that imposes greater restrictions on the access to tobacco products, related tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or solutions or substances intended for use with electronic cigarettes than the restrictions imposed by this Act. To the extent that there is an inconsistency between this Act and a local standard that imposes greater restrictions on the access to tobacco products, related tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or solutions or substances intended for use with electronic cigarettes, the greater restriction on the access to tobacco products, related tobacco products, alternative nicotine product, or solution or substance intended for use with electronic cigarettes in the local standard shall prevail.".