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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to increasing the age at which a person can be sold tobacco products
Purpose
This bill increases the age for purchase of tobacco to nineteen from eighteen.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 4 of section 1399-aa of the public health law, as added by chapter 799 of the laws of 1992 and pertains to private clubs.
Section 2 amends subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 1399-bb of the public health law.. The new tobacco purchasing age shall apply to private clubs, trade shows, events sponsored by tobacco manufacturers, bars, tobacco businesses, and factories. It requires that proof of age, driver's license or other government issue photo identification indicating proper age, be provided for purchase of tobacco products.
Section 3 amends section 1399-cc of the public health law. Sale of cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, powdered tobacco, or other tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, rolling papers or pipes to persons under 19 shall be prohibited by law. No person operating a business that vends tobacco products shall sell them to persons under 19 years of age.
Section 4 amends section 1399-dd of the public health law. This restricts the sale of tobacco products via vending machines to persons age 19 or older.
Section 5 adds criminal penalties for persons selling tobacco products to persons under 19 years of age.
Section 6 enacts this legislation on the first day of February next succeeding the date on which it shall become law.
Justification
This year (2004) 53,000 youths younger than 18 became regular smokers in New York. Furthermore, smoking costs our state some $11 billion annually, despite the fact that we spend so much on prevention programs. Many of the children who begin smoking before age 18 will die from tobacco-related illnesses. This bill is specifically designed to lessen public health problems related to young New .Yorkers who smoke and use tobacco products.
Legislative history
New bill.
Effective date
This legislation shall take effect on the sixtieth day next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
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