The Supreme Court sided with the plaintiff that the Citys ordinance is preempted by the Illinois Municipal Code, which states home rule municipalities that have not imposed a tax based on the number of units of cigarettes or tobacco products before July 1, 1993, shall not impose such a tax after that date. While the City had a cigarette tax in 1993, it did not impose a tax on other tobacco products until 2016
By the 1920s, they had become so popular, especially with kids, that candy developers started packaging them in branded boxes just like their real tobacco peers, complete with plastic wrap, the same box design sometimes with only a letter or two changed in the name and with the branding elements so similar it was hard to tell them apart
They deliver important information, health warnings, and branding
In fact, there are several reasons that vaping may keep patients addicted to nicotine: Vaping is more socially acceptable than smoking