Peoria requires every retailer selling tobacco products at retail within city limits to hold a City of Peoria Retail Tobacco License issued by the Tax and License office. The license is separate from the Illinois state Cigarette and Tobacco Products Retailer registration administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue. Illinois Tobacco 21 (410 ILCS 88/) prohibits sale of tobacco, vape, and nicotine products to anyone under 21. Peoria does not have a flavor ban or local cap on retailer density.
Tobacco retail in Peoria is regulated by a combination of city and state law. The City of Peoria Tax and License Division issues a Retail Tobacco License separate from the general lack of a citywide business license; the license is one of several occupational/business-specific licenses listed by the City alongside Secondhand Dealer, Mobile Food & Drink Vendor, Cannabis Business, Hotel/Motel, Liquor License, and Short-Term Rental Property. The city license must be renewed annually and is required for any establishment selling cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, vaping devices, e-liquids, or other tobacco or alternative nicotine products at retail. Separately, Illinois requires retailers to register with the Illinois Department of Revenue for the appropriate tax license: a 'Cigarette and Tobacco Products Retailer' license if cigarettes are sold, or a 'Tobacco Products Retailer' license if only non-cigarette tobacco products are sold, with annual fees paid per retail location via MyTax Illinois. Sales to anyone under 21 years of age are prohibited statewide under the Illinois Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act (commonly known as Tobacco 21), codified at 410 ILCS 88/, which Illinois aligned with federal law in 2019. The state law prohibits the sale, giving, or furnishing of any cigarette, electronic cigarette, alternative nicotine product, or tobacco product to a person under 21, and requires retailers to verify age via government-issued photo ID for anyone reasonably appearing under 30. Peoria does not currently enforce a separate local flavor ban or a cap on the number or location of tobacco retailers, though the Code of Ordinances Chapter 18, Article XIV (Tobacco Alternative Nicotine Products) governs the local license framework. Vape and electronic cigarette retail is included within the tobacco license regime under the broader state definition.
Operating a tobacco retailer in Peoria without a current City Retail Tobacco License is enforceable by the Peoria Tax and License Division under the Code of Ordinances and may result in back-licensing, license denial, and municipal citations through the Administrative Hearing Officer. Failure to maintain the Illinois state Cigarette and Tobacco Products Retailer license is independently enforceable by the Illinois Department of Revenue and can result in state-level fines, license suspension, and product seizure. Selling tobacco, vape, or alternative nicotine products to a person under 21 is a violation of 410 ILCS 88/ punishable by graduated civil penalties (Class A misdemeanor for repeat clerk violations after warnings; civil fines for retailer-level violations) and can support state license suspension or revocation. Local penalties for sale-to-minor or sale-to-under-21 violations are additionally enforceable by Peoria as part of the city license framework. Sales without age verification (where the buyer reasonably appears under 30) is treated by Illinois courts as a per-se Tobacco 21 violation regardless of actual age.
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