What's happening
This bill requires electronic cigarette packaging in New York to have brightly-colored labels indicating nicotine content or use for inhaling nicotine vapors.
Why it matters
Aims to make nicotine content in e-cigarettes more visible to consumers, especially youth and parents. , by requiring bright, attention-grabbing labels. This could help in distinguishing nicotine products from non-nicotine alternatives and reduce accidental use.
Seeks to address public health concerns about youth vaping. by making it harder for electronic cigarette products to appear innocuous or be confused with regular consumer goods, potentially discouraging underage experimentation.
Could impact manufacturers and retailers. by requiring changes to packaging design and production processes, possibly increasing costs but also creating a more standardized look for nicotine-containing products.
Enhances consumer awareness and informed decision-making. by making the presence of nicotine in vaping products unmistakable at the point of sale, supporting broader efforts to curb nicotine addiction.
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Who cares
Electronic cigarette manufacturers
Products made for sale in New York would need brightly colored packaging labels indicating that they contain nicotine or can be used to inhale nicotine vapors.
Electronic cigarette retailers and distributors
The bill would prohibit selling or distributing electronic cigarettes in New York without the required labeling.
Electronic cigarette consumers
Packaging would flag nicotine content or the device’s ability to deliver nicotine vapors.
Headline styles
Require E-Cigarette Warning Labels
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 8
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6075
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to labeling of packaging for electronic cigarette products
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1399-gg of the public health law, as amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1399-gg. Out-of-package sales and [minimum package sizes] packaging requirements. 1. All tobacco cigarettes sold or offered for sale by a retail dealer shall be sold or offered for sale in the package, box, carton or other container provided by the manufacturer, importer, or packager which bears all health warnings required by applicable law.
2. No person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or otherwise distributing tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, cigarette wrapping papers, wrapping leaves or tubes, or any agent or employee of such person, shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured for sale in this state, or sell or distribute in this state: (a) any package or other container of cigarettes containing fewer than twenty cigarettes; (b) any package of roll-your-own tobacco containing less than six-tenths of an ounce of tobacco; or (c) any package or other container of cigarette wrapping papers, wrapping leaves or tubes, that are or are held out to be suitable for use or used as devices to wrap tobacco for smoking, containing fewer than twenty sheets, leaves or tubes.
3. No person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or otherwise distributing electronic cigarettes shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured for sale in this state, or sell or distribute in this state, any electronic cigarette unless the container or packaging of such electronic cigarette bears brightly-colored labeling which indicates that the contents of such container or packaging contain nicotine or can be used for the inhalation of nicotine vapors.
§ 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.
LBD11679-01-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to labeling of packaging for electronic cigarette products
Purpose
Requires all packaging on e-cigarettes or vape products sold in the state to be brightly marked or labeled to indicate that it contains nicotine or can be used for inhalation of nicotine vapors.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. amends section 1399-gg of the Public Health Law by requiring all packaging on e-cigarettes or vape products sold in the state to be brightly marked or labeled to indicate that it contains nicotine or can be used for inhalation of nicotine vapors.
Section 2. is the enacting clause.
Justification
Clear labelling of vape and nicotine products removes any ambiguity as to their contents. Whether an uninformed consumer or a vendor, such labelling will ensure that the contents of the package are known during, before and after any relevant transaction of such products.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become law.
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