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Jan 08, 2020 |
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May 16, 2019 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6074
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S6074 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §399, add §398-f, Gen Bus L
2019-S6074 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6074 SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring tobacco products to contain certain items on their packaging PURPOSE: Requires health effect warnings and labels to be clearly marked on pack- aging of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. amends subdivision 1 of section 399 of the General Business Law by requiring all cigarette packaging to include a full list of ingredients including nicotine, the dangers they present to human health, and long-term medical complications that can arise from the use of cigarettes.
2019-S6074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6074 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring tobacco products to contain certain items on their packaging THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 399 of the general business law, as added by chapter 680 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) On each package of cigarettes sold or delivered by a manufac- turer or distributor within this state after June first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, there shall be printed thereon or attached thereto a warning of the consequences of excessive smoking. Such warning shall be in letters not less than eight point type and in a color in contrast with the package containing the cigarettes, and shall contain the following statement: WARNING "Excessive use is dangerous to health" (B) EACH PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES SHALL CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE SAME MANNER AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION: (I) A FULL LIST OF INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NICOTINE; AND (II) THE DANGERS PRESENTED BY CIGARETTES TO HUMAN HEALTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A LIST OF MEDICAL SIDE EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE USE OF CIGARETTES AND ANY POTENTIAL LONG-TERM MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS THAT CAN ARISE FROM THE USE OF CIGARETTES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11787-01-9
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