3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Cook County, Illinois.
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Cook County requires retailers selling e-cigarettes, vape pens, and liquid nicotine to hold a tobacco retailer license under Ch. 74 and to collect the county's tobacco tax including the per-milliliter vape tax established in 2016.
Illinois Tobacco 21 law (410 ILCS 82) prohibits sale of tobacco, vape, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21. Cook County Department of Public Health enforces in unincorporated areas and contracted suburbs; municipal police enforce elsewhere.
Cook County has not enacted a countywide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products as of 2026, though CCDPH has studied the issue. Several home-rule suburbs including Evanston, Oak Park, and Buffalo Grove restrict or ban flavored e-cigarette sales.
1 cities in Cook County have their own tobacco & vaping rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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