Chicago retailers told to post warnings about dangers of cigarette substitutes

As the mother of a 15-year-old, Chicago Health Commissioner Dr. Julie Morita knows firsthand how oblivious teenagers can be about the health risks posed by tobacco products other than cigarettes.

She lectures her son constantly about those dangers. His friends get an earful, too, embarrassing as that might be.

But not every teenager in Chicago has a mom who's a public health administrator. Those teenagers need other kinds of warnings - and that's what they're going to get.

The City Council's License Committee on Wednesday approved an ordinance championed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. It requires posting warning signs about the health risks posed by e-cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products other than cigarettes "somewhere visible at each public entrance" to all tobacco dealers.

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