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Will County adopts tobacco ordinance initiated by students  

Youthful idealism won a victory last week with the Will County Board's unanimous passage of an ordinance regulating the sale and distribution of tobacco products in unincorporated parts of the county.

The local legislation, based on a model ordinance developed by seven Plainfield Central High School National Honor Society students, licenses retailers who sell tobacco products and establishes both an employee training program and fines for noncompliance.

The majority of the sponsoring group, now Plainfield Central graduates, addressed the board before the vote. They echoed earlier arguments that the ordinance would help limit teens' access to tobacco.

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