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[Illinois] Roll-your-own cigarette stores going up in smoke
Marcia Smith, 47, of Lake County, decided after the state tax increase that she should move her Smokes & Such tobacco shops in Skokie and Gurnee to Wisconsin, where taxes on rolled cigarettes are lower. If Obama signs the law, she said she'll shut her d
Jul 5, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
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Jul 7, 2012 22:46
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[Illinois] Ditka son's DUI charge raises question of whether chewing tobacco foils sobriety tests
Judge tosses out test result, but drunken driving charges remain as Ditka appeared 'clearly intoxicated,' village lawyer says
May 20, 2012
WSBT Channel 22 (South Bend, IN)
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May 22, 2012 02:21
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[Illinois] Attorney Smuggled Cuban Cigars Sent to Prison, Disbarred
Skokie resident and former Illinois Public Defender Richard Steven Connors smuggled "truckloads" of Cuban cigars into the country, according to two state law journals.
Dec 7, 2012
Patch.org
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Dec 8, 2012 15:12
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[Illinois] Cigarette tax jumps up $1 a pack in Chicago
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says the tax, which takes effect Friday, is expected to generate more than $25 million annually for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. She says higher taxes also will help lower smoking rates, inclu
Mar 1, 2013
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
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Mar 2, 2013 01:42
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[Illinois] CAPITOL FACTS: Who won? The cigarette makers
... It passed last week after the trial lawyers were given a neat little plumb that guaranteed them higher contingency fees on big medical malpractice cases.
Jan 9, 2013
Ottawa (IL) Daily Times
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Jan 9, 2013 11:49
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[Illinois] Don Draper's Deadly Habit
A new Northwestern Medicine study shows that smoking during your middle-aged years dramatically increases your lifetime risk of not just getting cancer, but dying from it.
Sep 12, 2012
Northwestern University
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Sep 18, 2012 01:26
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[Illinois] Philip Morris case continues; Attorneys file additional documents
The decade-old class action suit over cigarette labeling continues to smolder as attorneys on both sides of the fight file documents that Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth requested at last month’s hearing.
Sep 6, 2012
Madison County (IL) Record
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Nov 1, 2012 20:32
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[Illinois] Cigarette distributors drop suit against state
Cigarette distributors agreed Thursday to end a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over sales of cigarette tax stamps in advance of next week's $1-per-pack increase in the tax. The agreement came after distributors loaded up on tax stamps last week
Jun 22, 2012
(IL) State Journal-Register
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Jun 22, 2012 04:21
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Illinois Problems Forecast Effects of Pending Omaha Tobacco Tax Hike
Illinois smokers are crossing state lines to avoid the recent tax increase. It will be even easier for Omaha smokers to avoid the tax.
Sep 20, 2012
Americans for Tax Reform
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Sep 22, 2012 07:26
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[Illinois] LETTER: SWEDA: Letter about tobacco lawsuit didn't mention anti-racketeering ruling
So, when it comes to the tobacco companies’ ongoing light-cigarette scam, Mr. Akin and his organization come down on the side of adjudicated racketeers rather than American consumers.
Sep 6, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
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Sep 6, 2012 02:29