Cigarettes containing no tobacco, but create a vapor similar to smoke, are on a state Sen. Mattie Hunter’s, D-3rd Dist., ban list.
Cigarettes containing no tobacco, but create a vapor similar to smoke, are on a state Sen. Mattie Hunter’s, D-3rd Dist., ban list. She is sponsoring legislation that will ban electronic or E-Cigarettes throughout the state. The cigarettes are electronic devices that look like conventional cigarettes and are filled with a flavored liquid and an atomizer which creates a vapor similar to smoke. The vapor is inhaled in the same manner as smoke from a conventional cigarette. The flavors come in tobacco and menthol, in addition to fruit flavors, chocolate and vanilla. “Electronic cigarettes have not been approved by the (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and we don’t know what is in them or if they are safe. Until these types of products are deemed certified or legal to sell by the FDA, they should be banned throughout Illinois,” said Hunter, vice-chair of the state’s Senate Public Health Committee. The bill will ban the sale or distribution of E Cigarettes in the state, making it a petty offense, punishable only by a fine. Under current law, Illinois does not regulate the sale of E Cigarettes. Copyright 2010 Chicago Defender
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