A consumer advocacy group says a measure which would ban flavored tobacco products in Illinois, including vapes, could do more harm than good. State Sen. Julie Morrison has a bill filed that impacts flavored tobacco products she says are being targeted toward children. But Elizabeth Hicks from the Consumer Choice Center says a trend of fewer Illinoisans smoking cigarettes would reverse if the bill is passed.
Hicks says with more people smoking cigarettes, taxpayers will eventually have to pick up the tab.
Hicks notes more than 4.4 percent of the state’s adult population uses vaping products, accounting for more than a half million consumers who no longer smoke cigarettes.
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