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Assembly Bill A8627

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of toxic metals in electronic cigarettes and requires the department of health to study the long term health effects of electronic cigarette users

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2019-A8627 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1399-gg-1, amd §206, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A671

2019-A8627 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of toxic metals in electronic cigarettes, requires disclosure of the materials used in the hardware of electronic cigarettes and requires the department of health to study the long term health effects of electronic cigarette users.

2019-A8627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8627
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
   use of toxic metals in electronic cigarettes and requiring the depart-
   ment  of  health  to  study the long term health effects of electronic
   cigarette users

   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-gg-1 to read as follows:
   § 1399-GG-1. PROHIBITION ON THE USE  OF  TOXIC  METALS  IN  ELECTRONIC
 CIGARETTES.  1.  ANY  PERSON  ENGAGED  IN THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING,
 SELLING OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES OR ANY AGENT  OR
 EMPLOYEE  OF  SUCH PERSON SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE DEPARTMENT THE MATERIALS
 USED IN THE HARDWARE OF THE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH  A  LIST  OF  TOXINS  WHICH  PERSONS
 ENGAGED  IN THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING, SELLING OR OTHERWISE DISTRIB-
 UTING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES OR ANY AGENT  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  SUCH  PERSON
 SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED  FROM  USING IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH ELECTRONIC
 CIGARETTES. SUCH LIST SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, LEAD, MANGA-
 NESE AND OTHER TOXIC METALS. SUCH LIST SHALL BE  REGULARLY  UPDATED  AND
 SHALL BE PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   3.  NO  PERSON  ENGAGED  IN  THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING, SELLING OR
 OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES OR ANY AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF
 SUCH PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL, OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTE  ELECTRONIC
 CIGARETTES  THAT CONTAIN A TOXIN INCLUDED ON THE LIST ESTABLISHED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING IN THE
 HEATING ELEMENT OR ANY OTHER INTERNAL  PART  OF  SUCH  ELECTRONIC  CIGA-
 RETTES.
   §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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