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Assembly Bill A7814

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits gifts or other incentives for the purchase of oral nicotine pouches

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2025-A7814 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-aa & 1399-bb-1, Pub Health L

2025-A7814 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits gifts, rewards, or other incentives for the purchase of oral nicotine pouches.

2025-A7814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7814
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting  gifts
   or other incentives for the purchase of oral nicotine pouches
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1399-aa of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19.  "ORAL  NICOTINE  POUCH"  MEANS  A  SMOKELESS  PRE-PORTIONED POUCH
 CONTAINING NICOTINE DERIVED FROM TOBACCO OR SYNTHETIC NICOTINE AND OTHER
 INGREDIENTS WHICH MAY INCLUDE CELLULOSE,  WATER,  FLAVORING  AND  SODIUM
 CARBONATE, AND ARE USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED ORALLY.
   §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 1399-bb-1 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 566 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   2. No manufacturer, distributor, or retailer may offer or cause to  be
 offered  any  gift,  REWARD, or item to any person purchasing electronic
 cigarettes OR ORAL NICOTINE POUCHES in  consideration  of  the  purchase
 thereof.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11205-02-5

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