(a) The following price floors shall apply to sales in the City of Chicago:
(1) The price floor for cigarettes shall be $11.50 per package, provided that this floor may be modified pursuant to subsection 4-64-810(b).
(2) The price floor for little cigars shall be $11.50 per package, provided that this floor may be modified pursuant to subsection 4-64-810(b).
(3) The price floor for large cigars shall be $1.36 per cigar, provided that this floor may be modified pursuant to subsection 4-64-810(b).
(4) The price floor for pipe tobacco shall be $4.56 per ounce, provided that this floor may be modified pursuant to subsection 4-64-810(b).
(5) The price floor for smoking tobacco shall be $11.29 per ounce, provided that this floor may be modified pursuant to subsection 4-64-810(b).
(6) The price floor for smokeless tobacco shall be $4.94 per ounce, provided that this floor may be modified pursuant to subsection 4-64-810(b).
(b) The Commissioner of Health, with the approval of the Comptroller, may amend by rule the price floor applicable to a category of tobacco product in an amount proportional to any change in the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the Chicago metropolitan area. In the event the Commissioner of Health amends a price floor, the amended price floor shall not go into effect until 90 days after the amended price floor is announced via rule duly promulgated by the Department of Public Health.
(c) No person shall sell or offer for sale a tobacco product to a consumer for a price less than the price floor.
(Added Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 48180, Art. IV, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-18, p. 88803, § 11)