| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2012 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S6506
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2011-S6506 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S6506 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6506
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to sale of tobacco products
in pharmacies
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would make it illegal for
pharmacies and pharmacy departments as defined in paragraph f of
subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred eight of the education
law to sell cigarettes or other tobacco products.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends the public health
law by adding a new section relating to the sale of tobacco products
at pharmacies. The amendment would make it illegal for pharmacies or
pharmacy departments to sell or offer any tobacco products.
Section two states an enactment clause
JUSTIFICATION:
The United States surgeon general has found that
smoking of cigarettes and the use of other tobacco products are
harmful to one's health. Therefore the sale of such products in any
establishment whose purpose is to provide remedies to health problems
2011-S6506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6506
I N S E N A T E
February 17, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 sale of tobacco
products in pharmacies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
1399-dd-1 to read as follows:
S 1399-DD-1. SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN PHARMACIES. NO PERSON SHALL
SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN A PHARMACY OR IN A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT, IF:
1. A PHARMACY AS A DEPARTMENT, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH F
OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION
LAW, IS WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH ESTABLISHMENT; OR
2. CUSTOMERS OF THE PHARMACY MUST PASS THROUGH A CORRIDOR OR AN AREA
OWNED, LEASED OR CONTROLLED BY THE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT AND USED EXCLU-
SIVELY TO ACCESS THE PHARMACY.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08057-01-1
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