“Aldermen are set to consider a ban on the sale of most flavored liquid nicotine products in Chicago on Friday, after an effort to prohibit the sale of all flavored tobacco products failed to advance in July. The measure set for a vote by the City Council’s Committee on Health and Human Relations would ban the sale of all flavored nicotine products — except those that taste and smell like tobacco, according to the proposal. The ban applies to products that feature liquid nicotine that has “tastes or aromas of menthol, mint, wintergreen, chocolate, vanilla, honey, cocoa, any candy, any dessert, any alcoholic beverage, any fruit, any herb, or any spice,” according to the proposal. The initial proposal from Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th Ward) would have banned all flavored tobacco products, however, business groups pushed back on the ban, saying it could hurt small businesses struggling to stay afloat. The scaled-back ban would not apply to flavored cigarettes, cigars or chewing tobacco, according to the proposal, after objections from groups like the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. Instead, the ban takes aim at those who vape flavored tobacco.”
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Aldermen to Weigh Scaled-Back Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products
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