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Tobacco

A3499/S84 (Bichotte Hermelyn/Hoylman) 

Support with Recommendations: AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and accessories

Honor Commitments to Progressive Tobacco Control and Enforcement 

New York lead the nation last year in implementing comprehensive tobacco and vaping control and prevention measures. So why does the Executive Budget proposal cut state funding for the implementation of these policies?

Tobacco Tax Increases and Parity: A Health Positive Revenue Option 

Tobacco product taxes decrease tobacco use, particularly among youth. They help reduce the chronic diseases that are the leading causes of death, and key comorbidities for COVID-19.

Local Health Officials Respond to State of the State Message 

Laud Governor’s Plans to Fight Vaping, Opioids and Tobacco and Oppose Adult Use Cannabis Linked to Vaping Illnesses and Fatalities

A.8808/S.6809 (Bichotte/Hoylman) 

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the sale and distribution of flavored tobacco products and accessories.

STATEMENT FROM NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY HEALTH OFFCIALS (NYSACHO) PRESIDENT DANIEL J. STAPLETON GOVERNOR CUOMO SIGNS BILL SAFEGUARDING RESIDENTS FROM TOBACCO-RELATED ILLNESS BY RAISING LEGAL TOBACCO PURCHASE AGE TO 21 
LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS LAUD ASSEMBLY FOR PASSING BILL RAISING LEGAL TOBACCO PURCHASE AGE TO 21 
A.558-A/S.2833 (Rosenthal/Savino) 

AN ACT to amend the public health law, the penal law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the purchasing age for tobacco products from eighteen to twenty-one

S.428-A (Hoylman) 

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation prohibiting the sale and distribution of flavored e-liquid for use in e-cigarettes

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