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Assembly Bill A2102A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of vape products that are made to be attractive to or target persons under the age of twenty-one

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2025-A2102 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-cc, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8952

2025-A2102 - Summary

Prohibits the sale of vape products that are made to be attractive to or target persons under the age of twenty-one or are sold in packaging that is made to be attractive to or target persons under the age of twenty-one.

2025-A2102 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2102
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
   sale of vape products that resemble school supplies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1399-cc of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  ANY PERSON OPERATING A PLACE OF BUSINESS WHEREIN TOBACCO PRODUCTS,
 HERBAL CIGARETTES, LIQUID NICOTINE, SHISHA, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, ROLL-
 ING PAPERS OR SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA ARE SOLD  OR  OFFERED  FOR  SALE  IS
 PROHIBITED FROM SELLING, DISTRIBUTING, PERMITTING THE SALE, OFFERING FOR
 SALE  OR  DISPLAYING  FOR  SALE  ANY  SUCH  PRODUCT THAT RESEMBLES OR IS
 DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TOYS, OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT PACKAG-
 ING TAILORED OR ADVERTISED IN ANY WAY TO APPEAL TO OR TARGET  MINORS  OR
 THE  YOUTH  POPULATION. SUCH PRODUCT PACKAGING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO ANY PICTURE, LOGO, SYMBOL, MOTTO, SELLING MESSAGE,  OR  COLOR
 OR PATTERN OF COLORS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00880-01-5

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2025-A2102A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-cc, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8952

2025-A2102A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of vape products that are made to be attractive to or target persons under the age of twenty-one or are sold in packaging that is made to be attractive to or target persons under the age of twenty-one.

2025-A2102A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2102--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FALL, MEEKS, K. BROWN, GRIFFIN, SHRESTHA -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Health  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of vape products that are made to  be  attractive  to  or  target
   persons under the age of twenty-one
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1399-cc of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  ANY PERSON OPERATING A PLACE OF BUSINESS WHEREIN TOBACCO PRODUCTS,
 HERBAL CIGARETTES, LIQUID NICOTINE, SHISHA, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, ROLL-
 ING PAPERS OR SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA ARE SOLD  OR  OFFERED  FOR  SALE  IS
 PROHIBITED FROM SELLING, DISTRIBUTING, PERMITTING THE SALE, OFFERING FOR
 SALE  OR DISPLAYING FOR SALE ANY SUCH PRODUCT THAT IS MADE TO BE ATTRAC-
 TIVE TO OR TARGET PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF  TWENTY-ONE  OR  IS  SOLD  IN
 PACKAGING  THAT  IS MADE TO BE ATTRACTIVE TO OR TARGET PERSONS UNDER THE
 AGE OF TWENTY-ONE, PURSUANT TO DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00880-02-6

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