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Senate Bill S6075

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to labeling of packaging for electronic cigarette products

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2019-S6075 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-gg, Pub Health L

2019-S6075 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to labeling of packaging for electronic cigarette products; requires such packaging to bear brightly-colored labeling indicating that such products contains nicotine or may be used to inhale nicotine vapors.

2019-S6075 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6075
 
                        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 Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to labeling of  pack-
   aging for electronic cigarette products
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1399-gg of the public health  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 513 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   §  1399-gg. Out-of-package sales and [minimum package sizes] PACKAGING
 REQUIREMENTS. 1. All tobacco cigarettes sold or offered for  sale  by  a
 retail  dealer  shall  be  sold or offered for sale in the package, box,
 carton or other container provided by  the  manufacturer,  importer,  or
 packager which bears all health warnings required by applicable law.
   2.  No  person  engaged  in  the business of manufacturing, selling or
 otherwise distributing tobacco products,  herbal  cigarettes,  cigarette
 wrapping  papers,  wrapping leaves or tubes, or any agent or employee of
 such person, shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured for  sale  in
 this  state,  or  sell  or  distribute in this state: (a) any package or
 other container of cigarettes containing fewer than  twenty  cigarettes;
 (b) any package of roll-your-own tobacco containing less than six-tenths
 of  an  ounce of tobacco; or (c) any package or other container of ciga-
 rette wrapping papers, wrapping leaves or tubes, that are  or  are  held
 out  to be suitable for use or used as devices to wrap tobacco for smok-
 ing, containing fewer than twenty sheets, leaves or tubes.
   3. NO PERSON ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS  OF  MANUFACTURING,  SELLING,  OR
 OTHERWISE  DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES SHALL MANUFACTURE OR CAUSE
 TO BE MANUFACTURED FOR SALE IN THIS STATE, OR SELL OR DISTRIBUTE IN THIS
 STATE, ANY ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE UNLESS THE  CONTAINER  OR  PACKAGING  OF
 SUCH  ELECTRONIC  CIGARETTE  BEARS BRIGHTLY-COLORED LABELING WHICH INDI-
 CATES THAT THE CONTENTS OF SUCH CONTAINER OR PACKAGING CONTAIN  NICOTINE
 OR CAN BE USED FOR THE INHALATION OF NICOTINE VAPORS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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