
Tanya Triche, general counsel for the Illinois Retailers Merchants Association.(Credit: Craig Dellimore)
CHICAGO (CBS) — Some aldermen and retailers say they are working hard to block Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposals to raise the legal smoking age to 21 and raise taxes on tobacco products other than cigarettes, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza says she’s fighting Mayor Emanuel’s ordinance because making tobacco products more expensive and harder to get is hurting businesses in the 10th Ward near the Indiana border.