Senate Bill S6621

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6621 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-aa & 1399-cc, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2926

2009-S6621 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, to minors; adds definitions.

2009-S6621 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6621 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6621

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 20, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  O. JOHNSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting  elec-
  tronic cigarette sales to minors

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1399-aa of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
adding two new subdivisions 12 and 13 to read as follows:
  12. "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE" OR "E-CIGARETTE" MEANS ANY BATTERY OPERATED
DEVICE  DESIGNED  TO EMIT A NICOTINE VAPOR UPON INHALATION WITHOUT BEING
LIT. E-CIGARETTES ARE COMPOSED OF A BATTERY, A HEATING ELEMENT OR  ATOM-
IZER, AND A CARTRIDGE.
  13.  "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE" OR "E-CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE" MEANS
A COMPONENT OF AN E-CIGARETTE THAT CONTAINS LIQUID NICOTINE.
  S 2. The section heading and subdivisions 2, 3, 4  and  7  of  section
1399-cc  of  the public health law, the section heading and subdivisions
2, 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 2000, subdivision  3
as  separately  amended by chapter 162 of the laws of 2002, and subdivi-
sion 7 as amended by chapter 13 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read
as follows:
  Sale of tobacco products, herbal  cigarettes,  ELECTRONIC  CIGARETTES,
rolling papers or pipes to minors prohibited.
  2.  Any person operating a place of business wherein tobacco products,
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES or herbal cigarettes are sold or offered for  sale
is  prohibited from selling such products, herbal cigarettes, ELECTRONIC
CIGARETTES, rolling papers or pipes to individuals under eighteen  years
of  age,  and  shall post in a conspicuous place a sign upon which there
shall be imprinted the following statement, "SALE OF CIGARETTES, CIGARS,
CHEWING TOBACCO, POWDERED TOBACCO, OR  OTHER  TOBACCO  PRODUCTS,  HERBAL
CIGARETTES,  ELECTRONIC  CIGARETTES, ROLLING PAPERS OR PIPES, TO PERSONS
UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW."  Such sign  shall  be
printed on a white card in red letters at least one-half inch in height.
  3.  Sale  of  tobacco  products, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES or herbal ciga-
rettes in such places, other than by a vending machine,  shall  be  made

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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