What's happening
This bill requires electronic cigarette companies in New York to annually disclose their online advertising expenditures and details to the state.
Why it matters
Increases transparency around e-cigarette marketing. by requiring companies to report detailed annual data about their online advertising, including total spending, specific websites used, and the duration of ad campaigns.
Empowers public health authorities. with information that can help them understand the scale and targeting of online ads, supporting efforts to address youth exposure and potentially harmful marketing practices.
Lays groundwork for future policy action. by instructing the health department to include these findings in their annual reports, along with recommendations for new rules or regulations to better protect children from online e-cigarette ads.
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Disclose E-Cigarette Online Ads
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- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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Disclose E-Cigarette Online Ads
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor David Carlucci
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STATE OF NEW YORK
303
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adopting requirements that electronic cigarette companies disclose online advertisements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1399-kk of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. All companies in the state of New York that sell electronic cigarettes as defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of this article, shall disclose to the commissioner annually their online advertising expenditures from the previous fiscal year. Such yearly disclosure shall include, but not be limited, to the total funds spent on online ads, an itemized list of funds spent along with the websites on which ads appeared, the length of time each ad appeared on each website, and any other activity related to internet ad expenditure the commissioner deems appropriate. The department shall include in its annual report to the governor and legislature information related to internet advertising expenditures, including proposed rules and regulations deemed appropriate to limit online advertisements that may be seen by children.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02161-01-9
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