Glendale Hts. ready to ban bidi cigarettes.(Neighbor)

Child-sized cigarettes flavored like chocolate, strawberry and vanilla aren't targeted for adults or welcome in Glendale Heights, trustees said.
Though a new state law will ban sale of the tiny nicotine-packed cigarettes, trustees don't want to wait until next January for it to take effect.
They plan to pass a local ordinance banning sales of bidis (pronounced "beedies") so they'll be outlawed even sooner - likely in August.
The village will be the third municipality in the state to ban bidis, which look like marijuana cigarettes. Chicago and Evanston recently forbid sales, as well.
Though sales of bidis are regulated in the same way as cigarettes, which mean buyers must be at least 18 years old, critics argue their candy-like flavors are designed to appeal to teenagers.
"Let's face it, these things are geared toward kids," Glendale Heights Police Chief Roger Mabbitt said. At least two village stores currently sell bidis.
The cigarettes come in packs of 20 and 25 and cost upward of $4. They consist of rolled tobacco wrapped in a tendu Indian leaf secured by a thin string and include flavors such as cherry, chocolate, lemon-lime, mango and mint.
They are packed with three times the amount of nicotine and five times the tar of normal American cigarettes. Also, because they are tightly wrapped, smokers must inhale much more deeply than they would with cigarettes, so they're drawing even more contaminants into their lungs, critics argue.
The village ordinance will also forbid sales of filtered bidis and says "no person shall sell, give away, barter, exchange or otherwise furnish to any other person a bidi cigarette."
Fines for violations in the village would range from $10 to $500. Trustees are scheduled to vote on the new ordinance in August.