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SHOREWOOD — Village officials will be keeping a closer eye on tobacco sales.

The village board Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance regulating and licensing businesses that sell tobacco products.

Mayor Richard Chapman said village staff will be contacting all affected businesses over the next few months and setting them up with the proper paperwork to apply for a tobacco license.

Businesses that hold a liquor license are exempt from the tobacco licensing requirements.

Chapman estimates 10 to 25 businesses, like the village’s two tobacco shops and numerous gas stations, will be affected by the new ordinance. However, he expects the transition to be easy.

"This is not a huge administrative nightmare," he said.

The purchase or renewal of a license is $250 annually.

The licensing ordinance is designed to mirror that of the village’s liquor regulations and outlines more than two dozen restrictions on whom can be issued a license. For example, those applying for a license must be a U.S. citizen, never convicted of a felony and in good standing in the community.

Chapman, who sponsored the ordinance, said it brings more attention to the people selling controlled substances.

"It gives us a little more leverage with them to make sure they’re doing the right thing," he said.

Village police will inspect each licensee and will report violations to the mayor and village administrator Kurt Carroll. Those found in violation will be subject to suspension or revocation of its license. Chapman will preside over such hearings.

Suspensions will not exceed 30 days and fines will begin at $100 for the first offense, increasing to no less than $500 for subsequent offenses.

The village has been working on the tobacco licensing policy for over a year. With no changes from the ordinance’s first reading earlier this month, the board approved the measure without significant discussion.

Two tobacco companies are battling it out at Competition Commission Tribunal hearings.

At issue is access to retail channels.

The tribunal’s ruling is likely to affect the cigarette brands that are immediately visible to consumers at retail outlets.

Japan Tobacco International South Africa (JTISA) has accused British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) of being involved in conduct aimed at denying its competitors access to various retail channels.

These include hotels, restaurants and cafes.

JTISA manufactures brands that include Winston, Camel and Benson & Hedges.

Batsa’s flagship brands include Peter Stuyvesant, Dunhill and Kent.

JTISA lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission in 2003, saying Batsa was the dominant cigarette manufacturer in the country.

The Society says it is incomprehensible that cigarettes can be sold in the same way as bread and milk.
The New South Wales State Government is proposing to remove tobacco products from open display and keep them behind counters and the society’s tobacco control adviser Belinda Hughes says the idea should be adopted in New Zealand.
Ms Hughes says positive anti-smoking initiatives include images on cigarettes packages showing the consequences of smoking but shops have been used as a selling vehicle since other forms of advertising were banned in 1990.
She says children should have the right to grow up without being influenced by tobacco marketing and it is society’s responsibility to protect them from smoking.

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A hike in New York’s cigarette tax has at least one mom and pop’s shop worried about sales. The hike is part of the state budget passed on Wednesday.
Sue Richter owns a convenient store in Pine Valley. She says the cigarette tax increase will cut her cigarettes sales by half. Richter says that’s what happened in 2002 when the state last raised it.
“It really has impacted my business quite a bit because when people don’t come in for cigarettes, they also don’t come in to buy their soda, gas, or other things so my total sales go down,” says Richter.
New York State lawmakers approved the tax hike in this year’s budget. The tax will go up by a $ 1.25, making the total $2.75 per pack of cigarettes. That puts New York ahead of New Jersey for the nation’s highest cigarette tax. The move will raise about $265 million for health programs.
“I typically sell 200 cartons a week and I expect that to go down to about 100. That’s what happened last time when the state legislature put such a high tax increase,” says Richter.
Smokers aren’t surprised by the hike and say they’ll continue to pay for a habit they enjoy.
“To me it really doesn’t make a difference. I mean if you smoke, you just got to hustle a little a bit harder if you want cigarettes,” says Andrew Owens from Elmira.
“I probably have to go get a job and then buy cigarettes that way,” says Zach Fields of Elmira.
“I’m cutting back anyway but I think that’s crazy. Besides most people are going to PA any to buy cigarettes,” says P.C Benson from Elmira.
Again, in New York you’ll pay an additional $2.75 on a pack of cigarettes. By comparison, you’ll only pay an additional $1.35 in Pennsylvania. The new cigarettes tax hike in New York will take effect June 3rd.

Shopkeepers could be banned from displaying cigarettes under Government plans.
The Department of Health said it was launching a consultation to look at ways to stop children smoking. In a bid to cut the number of smokers and prevent children taking up the habit, ministers have drawn up proposals including a bar on displaying tobacco products and the removal of pub vending machines.
Measures making it easier to sell nicotine replacement gums and patches are also on the table. The proposals follow on the July introduction of the ban on smoking in public places.
According to the Department of Health, the strategy - coupled with wider smokefree legislation - will save hundreds of lives. Someone who starts smoking at 15 is three times more likely to die of cancer due to smoking than someone who starts in their late twenties, the department said.
Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo said: "Children who smoke are putting their lives at risk and are more likely to die of cancer than people who start smoking later. It’s vital we get across the message to children smoking is bad. If that means stripping out vending machines or removing cigarettes from behind the counter, I’m willing to do that." According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, the proportion of adults who smoke has dropped by two per cent from 24 to 22 per cent. About 165,000 smokers quit between April and September - an increase of 28 per cent compared with the same period the previous year.
The Government has set a target of reducing the proportion of smokers in England to 21 per cent by 2010. In this year’s Budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling increased the duty on tobacco, adding 11p to the price of a packet of 20 cigarettes and 4p to five cigars. He said the Government was continuing the five per cent reduced rate of VAT on smoking cessation products beyond June 30.
Mark Littlewood, communications director of liberal think tank Progressive Vision, said: "Cigarettes are a product for adults and steps need to be taken to prevent youngsters buying them. But banning the display of cigarettes would be petty, pointless and patronising."

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin businesses would have to sell fire-safe cigarettes that automatically extinguish when they’re not being smoked under a bill that has passed the state Senate.
The measure now heads to Gov. Jim Doyle for his consideration. The Assembly has also passed it.
Wisconsin would join 22 other states in allowing only fire-safe cigarettes to be sold. Firefighters and emergency responders support the measure.
Tobacco companies have not fought it. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company plans to voluntarily switch all its cigarettes to the fire-safe kind by the end of next year.