{"id":7,"date":"2016-05-19T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2016-05-19T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T14:38:16","slug":"big-changes-with-chicago-smoking-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/19\/big-changes-with-chicago-smoking-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Changes With Chicago Smoking Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “bad news” Big Tobacco received when Chicago raised its smoking age to 21, outlawed discounts, issued\u00a0a $6 million tax on cigars, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco and banned chaw altogether at sports \"vapingstadiums is starting to take effect with mixed results. \u00a0Some people love it while other’s (primarily those who utilize vaporizers) hate it.<\/p>\n

Mayor Rahm Emanuel strengthened a sweeping anti-smoking agenda that has brought down the\u00a0teen smoking rate down to 10.7 percent. The mayor is now aiming for\u00a0what he called the \u201cattainable goal\u201d of creating a \u201ctobacco-free generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor re-ignited\u00a0a plan that raises Chicago\u2019s smoking age from 18 to 21, taxes tobacco products other than cigarettes and prohibits coupons and discounts used to lure another generation of smokers to take up the habit in the first place.<\/p>\n

In the Mayor’s own words back in March:<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago has one of the lowest teen smoking rates \u2014 not only in history, but in the country. This is an important step.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Critics contend that taxing tobacco products yet again when Chicago already has the nation\u2019s highest cigarette tax at $7.17-a-pack will drive up the black-market sale of loose cigarettes that breed more serious crime and drive small retailers out of business, particularly those located near the city limits.<\/p>\n

The City Council agreed to make Chicago the nation\u2019s fourth big league city to ban smokeless tobacco at baseball stadiums and other \u201cprofessional and amateur\u201d sporting events.<\/p>\n

San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles have passed similar bans that take effect this season while New York and Toronto have legislation pending.<\/p>\n

The Chicago ban is a big victory for the so-called \u201cKnock Tobacco Out of the Park\u201d campaign sweeping the nation.<\/p>\n

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The “bad news” Big Tobacco received when Chicago raised its smoking age to 21, outlawed discounts, issued\u00a0a $6 million tax on cigars, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco and banned chaw altogether at sports stadiums is starting to take effect with mixed results. \u00a0Some people love it while other’s (primarily those who utilize vaporizers) hate it. … Continue reading “Big Changes With Chicago Smoking Laws”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagosmokeandvape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}