SPRINGFIELD, IL — A local lawmaker is a targeting a new trend in nicotine products with a proposed Illinois law that would ban vaping devices disguised as everyday school supplies.
State Sen. Julie Morrison (D-Lake Forest) introduced an amendment in January to the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. On Wednesday, it passed the Senate Executive Committee and now is set to move on to the full Senate. “The dangerous and addictive nature of nicotine consumption is the reason I have taken a strong stand on this issue,” Morrison said in a statement. “We should do everything in our power to make it impossible for children to obtain and conceal tobacco products.”