Record #: O2018-9080   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 11/14/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action:
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 4-64-100 and 4-64-350 by modifying definition of flavored tobacco products and to prohibit sale and distribution of menthol flavored tobacco products, accessories or liquid nicotine products
Sponsors: Lopez, Raymond A.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 64 Tobacco Dealers
Attachments: 1. O2018-9080.pdf
Related files: R2019-362


ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 4-64-100 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through as follows:
4-64-100 Definitions.
As used in this Chapter 4-64, unless the context clearly indicates that another meaning is intended:
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
"Flavored tobacco product" means any tobacco product that contains a constituent that imparts a characterizing flavor. As used in this definition, the term "characterizing flavor" means a distinguishable taste or aroma, other than the taste or aroma of tobacco, imparted either prior to or during consumption of a tobacco product including but not limited to 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. No tobacco product shall be determined to have a characterizing flavor solely because of the use of additives or flavorings or the provision of ingredient information. A public statement or claim made or disseminated by the manufacturer of a tobacco product, or by any person authorized or permitted by the manufacturer to make or disseminate such statement or claim, that a tobacco product has or produces a characterizing flavor shall establish that the tobacco product is a flavored tobacco product.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
SECTION 2. Section 4-64-350 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
4-64-350 Certain transactions - Prohibited.
[a] No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, or expose for sale any tobacco product except in its original factory-wrapped package. This prohibition shall not apply to large cigars with a retail price of at least $3.00 each or to pipe tobacco.
fbl No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, or expose for sale, or give awav. excha...

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