Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Illinois

10th February 2025: US - Illinois: Senate Bill (SB) 2338 has been introduced (a companion bill: House Bill 3606). It would introduce a new definition for “nicotine” that includes various chemical forms and nicotine analogues. It would raise the tax rate on tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, from the current 36% to 45% of the wholesale price, effective 1st July 2025. Additionally, the bill aims to classify nicotine pouches, which are currently untaxed in the state, under the “tobacco products” tax category, subjecting them to the same 45% wholesale tax rate.
13th September 2023: US - General: Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf. In his letter, Durbin criticised the FDA’s failure to finish analysing its premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) and raised questions about the agency’s compliance with federal tobacco law. “Since FDA missed the court’s deadline two years ago, I have sent eight letters raising key questions about FDA’s regulatory review process and enforcement actions,” the lawmaker wrote. “It is unclear what – if anything – will finally prompt FDA to get its act together and take more seriously the risk of the tobacco industry addicting a new generation of kids.”
14th August 2023: US - Illinois: Senate Bill 1561 has been approved by the governor. This bill amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act, including the use of alternative nicotine products and electronic cigarettes in the definition of "smoke" or "smoking" for purposes of this act.

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