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[Illinois] EDITORIAL: For Tillery, no end in sight
What’s the secret to the amazing staying power of Tillery’s thirteen-year-old suit against Philip Morris (for allegedly misleading the public about the relative health benefits of light and low-tar cigarettes)? ... For the time being then, the case remain
Feb 23, 2013
Madison County (IL) Record
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Mar 9, 2013 11:17
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[Illinois] Cook County implements new $1 per pack cigarette tax
A new cigarette tax that went into effect Friday added a permanent $1 tax per pack of cigarettes sold in Cook County.
Mar 7, 2013
Daily Northwestern
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Mar 8, 2013 13:30
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[Illinois] VIDEO: Cook County cigarette taxes up $1; fake cigarettes likely to increase
The Cook County tax on cigarettes goes up by $1 Friday, and that means, depending on where you buy your cigarettes, you could pay anywhere from $12-13 a pack.
Mar 1, 2013
WLS-TV ABC7 (Chicago, IL)
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Mar 3, 2013 13:28
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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] EXCLUSIVE: Major illegal, counterfeit cigarette bust in Cook County
A major black market bust of illegal cigarettes is fueling concern that the underground tobacco market will get even worse when the Cook County tax on a pack of cigarettes goes up by $1 Friday. A truckload of smokes, all with seemingly-real tax stamps,
Feb 28, 2013
WLS-TV ABC7 (Chicago, IL)
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Mar 2, 2013 01:41
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[Illinois] Giant cigarette on Michigan Ave. will burn out quick
this one will burn out quickly. The 20-foot-tall stubbed-out cigarette stands through Saturday. The mega-cig display was put up by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the company that makes Nicorette nicotine gum and lozenge products that help smokers kick the habit.
Mar 1, 2013
Crain's Chicago Business
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Mar 1, 2013 13:51
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[Illinois] Cigarette Taxes In Chicago Up To $6.67 Per Pack Tomorrow, After County Tax Hike
WBBM Newsradio’s Nancy Harty reports a pack of cigarettes in Chicago will set smokers back $6.67 in taxes alone starting Friday, thanks to a $1-per-pack hike in the county’s cigarette tax.
Feb 28, 2013
CBS 2 Chicago
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Feb 28, 2013 14:00
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[Illinois] Secondhand smoke the subject of contest
Marion High School students in Health Occupation classes participated in a contest put on by the health department to raise awareness of the effects of secondhand smoking.
Feb 27, 2013
Marion (IL) Daily Republican
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Feb 27, 2013 00:41
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[Illinois] Nicorette Plants 20 Ft. Tall Cigarette Butt In Chicago In Light Of Cook County Cigarette Tax Increase
Nicorette will be hosting a Smoke Swap event at Pioneer Court Plaza on Michigan Avenue March 1 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and March 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A 20 ft. statue of a smashed cigarette butt will be at the event to inspire and help Cook County smoke
Feb 26, 2013
PR Newswire
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Feb 26, 2013 10:44
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Deadbeat Illinois: State budget crisis hampers tobacco prevention
Illinois devotes only a sliver of that money — $12.7 million this year in the Land of Lincoln — for tobacco prevention and control to discourage people from smoking and helping them avoid the nation’s No. 1 cause of preventable death.
Feb 24, 2013
Rockford (IL) Register-Star
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Feb 25, 2013 11:35