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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Tobacco Accessories and Smoking Herbs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Control Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 3, and 4 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (720 ILCS 685/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-2)
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8 | Sec. 2. Purpose. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The sale and possession of marijuana, hashish, cocaine,
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10 | opium and their derivatives, is not only prohibited by Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Law, but
the use of these substances has been deemed injurious | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | to the health of the user.
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13 | It has further been determined by the Surgeon General of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the United States
that the use of tobacco is hazardous to human | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | health.
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16 | The ready availability of smoking herbs to minors could | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | lead to the use
of tobacco and illegal drugs.
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18 | It is in the best interests of the citizens of the State of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Illinois to
seek to prohibit the spread of illegal drugs, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | tobacco or smoking materials
to minors. The prohibition of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | sale of tobacco and snuff accessories
and smoking herbs to | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | minors would help to curb the usage of illegal drugs
and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | tobacco products, among our youth.
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1 | (b) The General Assembly finds and declares that there has | ||||||
2 | been a proliferation of flavored cigarettes in recent years. | ||||||
3 | Many of these products have flavors that are particularly | ||||||
4 | attractive to minors. These cigarettes have included flavors | ||||||
5 | such as various fruits, candy, chocolate, vanilla, honey, sugar | ||||||
6 | or sugar substitute, nut, mint, cocoa, desserts, soft drinks, | ||||||
7 | alcoholic beverages, herb and spice flavorings or other | ||||||
8 | flavorings that are attractive to minors. According to survey | ||||||
9 | evidence and public health experts, minors are more likely to | ||||||
10 | choose flavored cigarettes and thus the existence of these | ||||||
11 | products increases the incidence of cigarette use among minors. | ||||||
12 | Moreover, the earlier that an individual begins using tobacco, | ||||||
13 | the more likely he or she will become addicted to tobacco | ||||||
14 | products and will continue to use tobacco products throughout | ||||||
15 | his or her lifetime. Accordingly, flavored cigarettes result in | ||||||
16 | increased tobacco use, increased addiction, a greater | ||||||
17 | incidence of smoking-related illnesses, increased health care | ||||||
18 | costs, and more smoking-related deaths. The General Assembly | ||||||
19 | therefore finds and declares that the existence of flavored | ||||||
20 | cigarettes presents a significant threat to public health and | ||||||
21 | to minors, and that the sale of flavored cigarettes must be | ||||||
22 | restricted.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 82-487.)
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24 | (720 ILCS 685/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-3)
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25 | Sec. 3. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply |
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1 | to this
Act:
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2 | (a) "Tobacco accessories" shall mean cigarette papers, | ||||||
3 | pipes, holders
of smoking materials of all types, cigarette | ||||||
4 | rolling machines, and other
items, designed primarily for the | ||||||
5 | smoking or ingestion of tobacco products
or of substances made | ||||||
6 | illegal under any statute or of substances whose
sale, gift, | ||||||
7 | barter, or exchange is made unlawful under this Act.
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8 | (b) "Smoking herbs" shall mean all substances of plant | ||||||
9 | origin and their
derivatives, including but not limited to | ||||||
10 | broom, calea, California poppy,
damiana, hops, ginseng, | ||||||
11 | lobelia, jimson weed and other members of the Datura
genus, | ||||||
12 | passion flower and wild lettuce, which are processed or sold | ||||||
13 | primarily
for use as smoking materials.
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14 | (c) "Bidi cigarette" means a product that contains tobacco | ||||||
15 | that is
wrapped
in temburni or tendu leaf or that is wrapped in | ||||||
16 | any
other material identified by rules of the Department of | ||||||
17 | Public Health that is
similar in appearance or
characteristics | ||||||
18 | to the temburni or tendu leaf.
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19 | (d) "Flavored cigarette" means any cigarette product, or | ||||||
20 | any component part thereof (including but not limited to the | ||||||
21 | tobacco, paper, or filter, and any components for roll-your-own | ||||||
22 | cigarettes), which contains a natural or artificial | ||||||
23 | constituent or additive that causes such cigarette or its smoke | ||||||
24 | to have a characterizing flavor other than tobacco or menthol. | ||||||
25 | (e) "Characterizing flavor" includes but is not limited to | ||||||
26 | any fruit, candy, chocolate, vanilla, honey, sugar or sugar |
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1 | substitute, nut, mint, cocoa, dessert, soft drink, alcoholic | ||||||
2 | beverage, herb or spice flavoring, but does not include tobacco | ||||||
3 | or menthol. In no event shall a cigarette or any component part | ||||||
4 | thereof (including but not limited to the tobacco, paper, roll | ||||||
5 | or filter) be construed to have a characterizing flavor based | ||||||
6 | solely on the use of additives or flavorings, or the provision | ||||||
7 | of an ingredient list made available by any means.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 91-734, eff. 1-1-01.)
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9 | (720 ILCS 685/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-4)
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10 | Sec. 4. Offenses.
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11 | (a) Sale to minors. No person shall knowingly sell,
barter, | ||||||
12 | exchange, deliver or give away or cause or permit or procure to
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13 | be sold, bartered, exchanged, delivered, or given away tobacco | ||||||
14 | accessories
or smoking herbs to any person under 18 years of | ||||||
15 | age.
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16 | (a-5) Sale of bidi cigarettes. No person shall knowingly | ||||||
17 | sell, barter,
exchange, deliver, or give away a bidi cigarette | ||||||
18 | to another
person, nor shall a person cause or permit or | ||||||
19 | procure a bidi cigarette to be
sold, bartered, exchanged, | ||||||
20 | delivered, or given away to
another person.
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21 | (a-6) No person shall knowingly sell, distribute, or offer | ||||||
22 | for sale or distribution in this State or to any person in this | ||||||
23 | State a flavored cigarette. | ||||||
24 | (b) Sale of cigarette paper. No person shall knowingly | ||||||
25 | offer, sell,
barter, exchange, deliver or give away cigarette |
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1 | paper or cause, permit, or
procure cigarette paper to be sold, | ||||||
2 | offered, bartered, exchanged,
delivered, or given away except | ||||||
3 | from premises or an establishment where other
tobacco
products | ||||||
4 | are sold. For purposes of this Section, "tobacco products" | ||||||
5 | means
cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in any | ||||||
6 | of its forms.
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7 | (c) Sale of cigarette paper from vending machines. No | ||||||
8 | person shall
knowingly offer, sell, barter, exchange, deliver | ||||||
9 | or give away cigarette
paper or cause, permit, or procure | ||||||
10 | cigarette paper to be sold, offered,
bartered, exchanged, | ||||||
11 | delivered, or
given away by use of a vending or coin-operated | ||||||
12 | machine or device. For
purposes of this Section, "cigarette | ||||||
13 | paper" shall not
include any paper that is incorporated into a | ||||||
14 | product to which a tax stamp
must be affixed under the | ||||||
15 | Cigarette Tax Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act.
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16 | (d) Use of identification cards. No person in the | ||||||
17 | furtherance or
facilitation of obtaining smoking accessories | ||||||
18 | and smoking herbs shall
display or use a false or forged | ||||||
19 | identification card or transfer, alter, or
deface an | ||||||
20 | identification card.
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21 | (e) Warning to minors. Any person, firm, partnership, | ||||||
22 | company or
corporation operating a place of business where | ||||||
23 | tobacco accessories and
smoking herbs are sold or offered for | ||||||
24 | sale shall post in a conspicuous
place upon the premises a sign | ||||||
25 | upon which there shall be imprinted the
following statement, | ||||||
26 | "SALE OF TOBACCO ACCESSORIES AND SMOKING HERBS TO
PERSONS UNDER |
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1 | EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR THE MISREPRESENTATION OF AGE TO
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2 | PROCURE SUCH A SALE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW". The sign shall be | ||||||
3 | printed on
a white card in red letters at least one-half inch | ||||||
4 | in height.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 91-734, eff. 1-1-01.)
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