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The minimum age in Chicago for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products goes up to 21 at the end of the week. The city joins about 170 local…

A measure to prohibit tobacco sales to people younger than 21 has failed in the Illinois Senate. The legislation sponsored by Democratic Sen. John Mulroe…

The Illinois Supreme Court has once again ruled in favor of tobacco giant Philip Morris, saving the company from a 10-billion-dollar lawsuit. The case has…

A 10-billion dollar lawsuit was back before the Illinois Supreme Court today. A group of smokers say Philip Morris defrauded them into thinking light…

Cigarette manufacturers were in Springfield Thursday urging lawmakers to promote other forms of tobacco as an alternative to smoking. But as IPR’s Brian…