4-64-810 Price floors for tobacco products.

   (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)

4-64-820 Coupons prohibited.

   No person shall:

   (a)   honor or accept a price reduction instrument in any transaction related to the sale of a tobacco product to a consumer;

   (b)   sell or offer for sale a tobacco product to a consumer through any multi-package discount, or otherwise provide to a consumer a tobacco product for less than the listed price in exchange for the purchase of another tobacco product by the consumer, with the exception that this prohibition shall not apply to large cigars or pipe tobacco, which may be sold at a discounted rate equal to or in excess of the applicable price floor, if any, set by the City; or

   (c)   sell, offer for sale, or otherwise provide to a consumer any tobacco products, other than large cigars or pipe tobacco, for less than the listed price.

   (d)   In addition to any other penalty provided by law: (i) any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be punished by the fine set forth in Section 4-64-900; and (ii) any person who violates subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall be punished by the fine set forth in Section 4-64-905.

(Added Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 48180, Art. IV, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 4-18-18, p. 76348, § 16)

4-64-830 Minimum package sizes for little cigars.

   No retail tobacco dealer shall sell or offer for sale a little cigar unless it is sold in a package of at least 10 little cigars.

(Added Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 48180, Art. IV, § 5)

4-64-840 Enforcement – Regulations.

   The Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection shall enforce this Article VIII. The Commissioners of Health and of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, acting jointly or individually, may promulgate rules necessary or appropriate to administer this Article VIII.

(Added Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 48180, Art. IV, § 5)