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| 7 Feb 2025 | |
| Advocacy |
Tobacco and Nicotine Use Reduction Policy
Flavored Tobacco
October 23, 2023 - President Elect Emma Daisy, MD testifies before the Evanston City Council in support of a comprehensive ordinance eliminating the sale of all flavored tobacco products.
March 8, 2023 support for adding all vaping products to Smoke-Free Illinois. Dr. Tabatha Wells testified before Senate Executive Committee
07/14/2020 - Javier Guevara, Jr., MD represented IAFP on a press conference discussing the impact of flavored tobacco on minority populations. View the press release and a recording of the conference.
12/2/2019 IAFP statement at Attorney General's announcement of lawsuit filed against Juul labs.
IAFP Testimony on flavored tobacco
AAFP Policy on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)
Tobacco 21 Policy
4/7/2019 - IAFP Board Chair Asim Jaffer, MD of Peoria was there when Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Tobacco 21 law, which took effect July 1, 2019
View our statement
Read our Letter to the Editor by then-President Alvia Siddiqi, MD, FAAFP supporting Tobacco 21 and Other Tobacco Products Tax for the City of Chicago.
E-cigarette and Vaping Advocacy
IAFP Supports Increase in cigarette and other tobacco products sales taxes to discourage youth and help current users quit.
