(35 ILCS 135/9) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.39)
Sec. 9.
It shall be unlawful for any distributor or secondary distributor to advertise or hold out
or state to the public or to any purchaser, consumer or user, directly or
indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof imposed by this Act will be
assumed or absorbed by the distributor or secondary distributor or that it will not be added to the
selling price of the cigarettes sold, or if added that it or any part
thereof will be refunded. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Section within this State shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10.)
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