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.
















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    AN ACT concerning tobacco. 

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


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



 
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    Section 5. Annual report.
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    (a) For the purpose of protecting the public health, any 
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manufacturer of
cigarettes, snuff, or chewing tobacco sold in 
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this State shall provide the
Department of Public Health with 
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an annual report, in a form and at a time
specified by the 
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Department of Public Health, that lists for each brand of

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product sold the following information:


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


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


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    (b) The nicotine yield ratings so provided, and any other 
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information in
the
annual reports with respect to which the 
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Department of Public Health determines
that there is a 
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reasonable scientific basis for concluding that the

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availability of such information could reduce risks to public 
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health, shall be
public records.  However, before any public 
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disclosure of this
information, the Department of Public Health 
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shall request the advice of the
Attorney General whether the 
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disclosure would constitute an unconstitutional
taking of 
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property and shall not disclose the information unless and 
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until the
Attorney General advises that the disclosure would 
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not constitute an
unconstitutional taking.


 


 






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


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