05.21.2009 3:25 pm

Ill. novelty lighters ban goes down in flames

Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A proposal to ban novelty cigarette lighters that sailed through the state Senate was defeated Thursday by the state House 51-65.

The measure, Senate Bill 2180, by state Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Champaign, was aimed at banning the sale…

04.28.2009 4:09 pm

Child’s toy or cigarette lighter?

Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Is this a toy football or a cigarette lighter? If you can’t tell, a child probably can’t tell either.

That’s why an Illinois House panel advanced a plan Tuesday to ban the sale of novelty cigarette lighters in Illinois.

For the…