Eighteen-year-olds in Illinois will still be able to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products, at least for now. Lawmakers in Springfield couldn’t find the votes this week to overturn the governor’s veto of a plan to raise the smoking age to 21. Advocates say they will try again next year. The failure does nothing to change local smoking age laws in cities or towns across the state.
Meanwhile, Illinois lawmakers are done for the year, but not done yet. Both the Illinois House and Senate left Springfield yesterday. They spent two weeks of veto session dealing with plans that the governor vetoed. Lawmakers are not done yet, though, they’re due back at the Capitol in early January before a new General Assembly is sworn-in on January 9th.
