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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.
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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 and other tobacco | ||||||
3 | products in recent years. Many of these products have flavors | ||||||
4 | that are particularly attractive to children. These tobacco | ||||||
5 | products have included flavors such as various fruits candy, | ||||||
6 | chocolate, vanilla, honey, other sweeteners, nut, mint, cocoa, | ||||||
7 | desserts, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, herb and spice | ||||||
8 | flavorings or other flavorings that are attractive to youth. | ||||||
9 | According to survey evidence and public health experts, | ||||||
10 | children are more likely to choose flavored cigarettes and | ||||||
11 | other tobacco products, and thus the existence of these | ||||||
12 | products increases the incidence of tobacco use among children. | ||||||
13 | Moreover, the earlier that an individual begins using tobacco, | ||||||
14 | the more likely he or she will become addicted to tobacco | ||||||
15 | products and will continue to use tobacco products throughout | ||||||
16 | his or her lifetime. Accordingly, flavored tobacco products | ||||||
17 | result in increased tobacco use, increased addiction, a greater | ||||||
18 | incidence of smoking-related illnesses, increased health care | ||||||
19 | costs, and more smoking-related deaths. The General Assembly | ||||||
20 | therefore finds and declares that flavored tobacco products | ||||||
21 | present a significant threat to public health and to our | ||||||
22 | children, and that the sale of flavored tobacco products must | ||||||
23 | be restricted.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 82-487.)
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25 | (720 ILCS 685/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-3)
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1 | Sec. 3. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply | ||||||
2 | to this
Act:
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3 | (a) "Tobacco accessories" shall mean cigarette papers, | ||||||
4 | pipes, holders
of smoking materials of all types, cigarette | ||||||
5 | rolling machines, and other
items, designed primarily for the | ||||||
6 | smoking or ingestion of tobacco products
or of substances made | ||||||
7 | illegal under any statute or of substances whose
sale, gift, | ||||||
8 | barter, or exchange is made unlawful under this Act.
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9 | (b) "Smoking herbs" shall mean all substances of plant | ||||||
10 | origin and their
derivatives, including but not limited to | ||||||
11 | broom, calea, California poppy,
damiana, hops, ginseng, | ||||||
12 | lobelia, jimson weed and other members of the Datura
genus, | ||||||
13 | passion flower and wild lettuce, which are processed or sold | ||||||
14 | primarily
for use as smoking materials.
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15 | (c) "Bidi cigarette" means a product that contains tobacco | ||||||
16 | that is
wrapped
in temburni or tendu leaf or that is wrapped in | ||||||
17 | any
other material identified by rules of the Department of | ||||||
18 | Public Health that is
similar in appearance or
characteristics | ||||||
19 | to the temburni or tendu leaf.
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20 | (d) "Characterizing flavor" means a distinguishable | ||||||
21 | flavor, taste, or aroma (other than tobacco or menthol for all | ||||||
22 | tobacco products and other than wintergreen and mint for | ||||||
23 | smokeless tobacco products and cigars) produced by the tobacco | ||||||
24 | product or its smoke either prior to or during consumption.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 91-734, eff. 1-1-01.)
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1 | (720 ILCS 685/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-4)
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2 | Sec. 4. Offenses.
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3 | (a) Sale to minors. No person shall knowingly sell,
barter, | ||||||
4 | exchange, deliver or give away or cause or permit or procure to
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5 | be sold, bartered, exchanged, delivered, or given away tobacco | ||||||
6 | accessories
or smoking herbs to any person under 18 years of | ||||||
7 | age.
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8 | (a-5) Sale of bidi cigarettes. No person shall knowingly | ||||||
9 | sell, barter,
exchange, deliver, or give away a bidi cigarette | ||||||
10 | to another
person, nor shall a person cause or permit or | ||||||
11 | procure a bidi cigarette to be
sold, bartered, exchanged, | ||||||
12 | delivered, or given away to
another person.
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13 | (a-6) No person shall knowingly sell, distribute, or offer | ||||||
14 | for sale or distribution in this State or to any person in this | ||||||
15 | State any tobacco product or any component part thereof | ||||||
16 | (including but not limited to the tobacco, paper, or filter, | ||||||
17 | and any components for roll-your-own cigarettes), which | ||||||
18 | contains a constituent (including a smoke constituent) or | ||||||
19 | additive or artificial or natural flavoring that produces a | ||||||
20 | characterizing flavor. A public statement or claim by the | ||||||
21 | manufacturer, or by any person authorized or permitted by the | ||||||
22 | manufacturer to make public statements concerning the tobacco | ||||||
23 | product, that a tobacco product has or produces a flavor, | ||||||
24 | taste, or aroma (other than tobacco or menthol for all tobacco | ||||||
25 | products and other than wintergreen and mint for smokeless | ||||||
26 | tobacco products and cigars) shall constitute proof that the |
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1 | tobacco product has a characterizing flavor.
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2 | (b) Sale of cigarette paper. No person shall knowingly | ||||||
3 | offer, sell,
barter, exchange, deliver or give away cigarette | ||||||
4 | paper or cause, permit, or
procure cigarette paper to be sold, | ||||||
5 | offered, bartered, exchanged,
delivered, or given away except | ||||||
6 | from premises or an establishment where other
tobacco
products | ||||||
7 | are sold. For purposes of this Section, "tobacco products" | ||||||
8 | means
cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in any | ||||||
9 | of its forms.
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10 | (c) Sale of cigarette paper from vending machines. No | ||||||
11 | person shall
knowingly offer, sell, barter, exchange, deliver | ||||||
12 | or give away cigarette
paper or cause, permit, or procure | ||||||
13 | cigarette paper to be sold, offered,
bartered, exchanged, | ||||||
14 | delivered, or
given away by use of a vending or coin-operated | ||||||
15 | machine or device. For
purposes of this Section, "cigarette | ||||||
16 | paper" shall not
include any paper that is incorporated into a | ||||||
17 | product to which a tax stamp
must be affixed under the | ||||||
18 | Cigarette Tax Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act.
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19 | (d) Use of identification cards. No person in the | ||||||
20 | furtherance or
facilitation of obtaining smoking accessories | ||||||
21 | and smoking herbs shall
display or use a false or forged | ||||||
22 | identification card or transfer, alter, or
deface an | ||||||
23 | identification card.
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24 | (e) Warning to minors. Any person, firm, partnership, | ||||||
25 | company or
corporation operating a place of business where | ||||||
26 | tobacco accessories and
smoking herbs are sold or offered for |
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1 | sale shall post in a conspicuous
place upon the premises a sign | ||||||
2 | upon which there shall be imprinted the
following statement, | ||||||
3 | "SALE OF TOBACCO ACCESSORIES AND SMOKING HERBS TO
PERSONS UNDER | ||||||
4 | EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR THE MISREPRESENTATION OF AGE TO
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5 | PROCURE SUCH A SALE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW". The sign shall be | ||||||
6 | printed on
a white card in red letters at least one-half inch | ||||||
7 | in height.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 91-734, eff. 1-1-01.)
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