(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, or expose for sale any tobacco product except in its original factory-wrapped package. This prohibition shall not apply to large cigars with a retail price of at least $3.00 each or to pipe tobacco.
(b) No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, or expose for sale any cigarette in a package containing fewer than 20 cigarettes.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $5,000.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(d) The Commissioner of Health, with the approval of the Comptroller, shall amend by rule the minimum retail price of exempted large cigars in an amount proportional to the change, if any, in the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the Chicago metropolitan area, or some other comparable index selected by the Commissioner of Health in his reasonable discretion if this index no longer exists. If the Commissioner amends the minimum retail price of exempted large cigars, the amended price shall not go into effect until 90 days after it is announced via rule duly promulgated by the Department of Health. Any such amendment shall be rounded to the nearest dime.
(Added Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 48180, Art. IV, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-18, p. 88803, § 11)