SB2750 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2750

Introduced 2/5/2004, by Mattie Hunter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Disclosure of Ingredients in Tobacco Products Act. Provides that, beginning in the year 2005, any manufacturer of cigarettes, snuff, or chewing tobacco shall provide the Department of Public Health with an annual report that lists specified information for each brand of product sold.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning tobacco.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Disclosure of Ingredients in Tobacco Products Act.

Section 5. Annual report.

(a) For the purpose of protecting the public health, any manufacturer of cigarettes, snuff, or chewing tobacco sold in this State shall provide the Department of Public Health with an annual report, in a form and at a time specified by the Department of Public Health, that lists for each brand of product sold the following information:

(1) the identify of any added constituent other than tobacco, water, or reconstituted tobacco sheet made wholly from tobacco, to be listed in descending order according to weight, measure, or numerical count; and

(2) the nicotine yield ratings, which shall accurately predict nicotine intake for average consumers, based on standards to be established by the Department of Public Health.

(b) The nicotine yield ratings so provided, and any other information in the annual reports with respect to which the Department of Public Health determines that there is a reasonable scientific basis for concluding that the availability of such information could reduce risks to public health, shall be public records. However, before any public disclosure of this information, the Department of Public Health shall request the advice of the Attorney General whether the disclosure would constitute an unconstitutional taking of property and shall not disclose the information unless and until the Attorney General advises that the disclosure would not constitute an unconstitutional taking.

(c) This Section does not require a manufacturer, in its report to the Department of Public Health or otherwise, to identify or disclose the specific amount of any ingredient that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services (FDA), or its successor agency, as safe when burned and inhaled or that has been designated by the FDA, or its successor agency, as generally recognized as safe when burned and inhaled, according to the Generally Recognized As Safe list of the FDA.

(d) The annual reports required in this Section shall be filed beginning in the year 2005.