January 22, 2020
Sen. Julie Morrison, a Democrat from Deerfield, speaks on Feb. 5 during a news event in Springfield about raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Illinois to 21. The legislation passed later in the session. Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock
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Health advocates, lawmakers want stronger regulations of vaping
Some Illinois lawmakers say a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy responding to a growing trend of youth e-cigarette use does not go far enough. The federal public health watchdog announced in a memo recently that it would crack down on the “manufacture, distribution, and sale” of fruit- and mint-flavored electronic smoking cartridges for cigars, hookahs and cigarettes, among others.