“Starting next week, Chicago aldermen will debate the future of flavored tobacco products in the city. The Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association-Illinois Association of Convenience Stores successfully fought off a proposed ban on vapes, snuf and menthol last fall at the Illinois Statehouse. Now that the idea has reached City Council, the group is preparing to fight back. Illinois retailers and adult tobacco users are not the problem. In 2019, the revenue from the tobacco tax and the sales tax on tobacco was over $21 million. Mayor Lightfoot recently announced that the city is facing a $700 million budget shortfall.”
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IL Convenience Stores: Don’t Ban Flavored Tobacco in Chicago
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