SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A new law backed by state Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago, will help protect children from secondhand smoke by prohibiting vehicle occupants from smoking while minors are present.“Tobacco use has severe costs to our health and wellbeing, and we...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A new law supported by state Rep. Kathleen Willis, D-Northlake, bans smoking in cars when children are present.“The health and well-being of children should not be subject to the dangers of secondhand smoke while they are present in a vehicle,”...
DES PLAINES, Ill. – Alarmed at reports of linking vaping to breathing issues and deaths, state Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, has sponsored legislation to ban flavored tobacco products, such as vapes and e-cigarettes, from being sold, bought and distributed in the...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Big insurance companies will have to cover diagnostic mammograms under a new law supported by state Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, which combats big insurance companies’ efforts to deny patients coverage for critical procedures.“We want health...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, is promoting better attitudes towards mental health with his backing of a new law requiring mental health education programs focus on students’ understanding of behaviors that promote mental well being.“People...