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Illinois governer signs law banning flavored wrapping paper and wrapping leaf, including cigarette papers, blunt wraps, cigar wraps, or tubes of paper or leaf.
Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of Public Act 097-0917
I don't know why this law was proposed or enacted (but I suspect the word "child attractive" in the last sentence was the argument that was repeated over and over).
My understanding is that most flavored wrappings (that are now banned in Illinios) aren't used for smoking tobacco, but rather are used for smoking a plant that cannot be named on this forum because its sale is illegal.
Similarly, much of the recent increase in cigar sales (especially in black urban areas) is for use a paraphernalia for smoking that same illegal plant that cannot be mentioned on this forum.
For the past several years, anti tobacco extremists have been forging lobbying coalitions with anti pot extremists to increase taxes on cigars, restict marketing of cigars, ban flavored cigars and to lobby the FDA to promulgate the "deeming" regulation for cigars and other unregulated tobacco products (which would also regulate e-cigarettes).
Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of Public Act 097-0917
| (b-5) Sale of flavored wrapping paper and wrapping leaf. A |
| person shall not knowingly sell, give away, barter, exchange, |
| or otherwise furnish to any person any wrapping paper or |
| wrapping leaf, however characterized, including, without |
| limitation, cigarette papers, blunt wraps, cigar wraps, or |
| tubes of paper or leaf, or any similar device, for the purpose |
| of making a roll of tobacco or herbs for smoking, that is or is |
| held out to be, impregnated, scented, or imbibed with, or aged |
| or dipped in, a characterizing flavor, other than tobacco or |
| menthol, including, without limitation, alcoholic or liquor |
| flavor, or both, chocolate, fruit flavoring, vanilla, peanut |
| butter, jelly, or any combination of those flavors or similar |
| child attractive scent or flavor. |
I don't know why this law was proposed or enacted (but I suspect the word "child attractive" in the last sentence was the argument that was repeated over and over).
My understanding is that most flavored wrappings (that are now banned in Illinios) aren't used for smoking tobacco, but rather are used for smoking a plant that cannot be named on this forum because its sale is illegal.
Similarly, much of the recent increase in cigar sales (especially in black urban areas) is for use a paraphernalia for smoking that same illegal plant that cannot be mentioned on this forum.
For the past several years, anti tobacco extremists have been forging lobbying coalitions with anti pot extremists to increase taxes on cigars, restict marketing of cigars, ban flavored cigars and to lobby the FDA to promulgate the "deeming" regulation for cigars and other unregulated tobacco products (which would also regulate e-cigarettes).
