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
Honor Commitments to Progressive Tobacco Control and Enforcement
February 10, 2021
Tobacco Tax Increases and Parity: A Health Positive Revenue Option
February 10, 2021
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
January 9, 2020
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)
November 26, 2019
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the sale and distribution of flavored tobacco products and accessories.
A.558-A/S.2833 (Rosenthal/Savino)
Last Revised: March 4, 2019
Published: February 25, 2019
Published: February 25, 2019
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)
Last Revised: January 28, 2020
Published: February 25, 2019
Published: February 25, 2019
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation prohibiting the sale and distribution of flavored e-liquid for use in e-cigarettes
