The Schaumburg Business Association supports passage of legislation known as the PACT Act that helps combat illegal sales of cigarettes. We believe the PACT Act will deter Internet and other remote sales of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco that currently deny substantial tax revenues to the state of Illinois and local municipalities.
These remote sales can also undercut Illinois laws intended to prevent youth access to cigarettes and other tobacco products. We are also concerned that Internet and other remote sales of tobacco products put legitimate businesses at a disadvantage.
Current regulatory requirements were enacted almost 60 years ago and were designed to prevent bootlegging of cigarettes. Modern infrastructures, most notably the Internet, make the existing regulations outdated because consumers are able to purchase goods from businesses in other states without paying taxes or verifying age. The PACT Act will expand the amount of information that must be reported by the remote seller and it will give state and local authorities the ability to enforce.
The PACT Act makes sense to us at this time when the state of Illinois and local municipalities depend on their fair share of tax revenues. We also applaud the added benefit of good health and well-being for our minor children.
Laurie Stone
President
Schaumburg Business Association
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