Assembly Bill A93A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of oral nicotine pouches

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    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A93 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9150
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-aa, 1399-bb, 1399-mm-1 & 1399-ff, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10732
2021-2022: A679

2023-A93 - Summary

Includes oral nicotine pouches in the prohibition against selling or offering for sale at retail, or distribution of any flavored vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine.

2023-A93 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    93
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
   distribution without charge or sale of flavored nicotine pouches

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1399-aa of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19.  "NICOTINE  POUCH"  SHALL  MEAN  A  SMOKELESS  PRE-PORTIONED POUCH
 CONTAINING NICOTINE BUT NO TOBACCO, IN WHICH THE  USER  PUTS  THE  POUCH
 BETWEEN  HIS  OR  HER LIP AND GUM AND LEAVES IT THERE WHILE THE NICOTINE
 AND TASTE IS BEING RELEASED.
   § 2. Section 1399-bb of the public health law, as amended by section 4
 of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  1399-bb.  Distribution of tobacco products, NICOTINE POUCHES, vapor
 products, or herbal cigarettes without charge. 1. No retail  dealer,  or
 any  agent  or  employee  of  a retail dealer engaged in the business of
 selling or otherwise distributing tobacco  products,  NICOTINE  POUCHES,
 vapor  products  intended  or reasonably expected to be used with or for
 the  consumption  of  nicotine,  or  herbal  cigarettes  for  commercial
 purposes,  or  any agent or employee of such retail dealer, or any agent
 or employee of a retail dealer, shall knowingly, in furtherance of  such
 business:
   (a)  distribute without charge any tobacco products, NICOTINE POUCHES,
 vapor products intended or reasonably expected to be used  with  or  for
 the  consumption  of  nicotine,  or herbal cigarettes to any individual,
 provided that the distribution of a package containing tobacco products,
 NICOTINE POUCHES, vapor products intended or reasonably expected  to  be
 used  with  or  for the consumption of nicotine, or herbal cigarettes in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-A93A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9150
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-aa, 1399-bb, 1399-mm-1 & 1399-ff, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10732
2021-2022: A679

2023-A93A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes oral nicotine pouches in the prohibition against selling or offering for sale at retail, or distribution of any flavored vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine.

2023-A93A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   93--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Health in accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of oral nicotine pouches
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Section  1399-aa of the public health law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19. "NICOTINE POUCH" MEANS A SMOKELESS PRE-PORTIONED POUCH  CONTAINING
 NICOTINE  BUT  NO TOBACCO, IN WHICH THE USER PUTS THE POUCH BETWEEN SUCH
 USER'S LIP AND GUM AND LEAVES IT THERE WHILE THE NICOTINE AND  TASTE  IS
 BEING RELEASED.
   § 2. Section 1399-bb of the public health law, as amended by section 4
 of  part  EE  of  chapter  56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 1399-bb. Distribution of tobacco products, NICOTINE  POUCHES,  vapor
 products,  or  herbal cigarettes without charge. 1. No retail dealer, or
 any agent or employee of a retail dealer  engaged  in  the  business  of
 selling  or  otherwise  distributing tobacco products, NICOTINE POUCHES,
 vapor products intended or reasonably expected to be used  with  or  for
 the  consumption  of  nicotine,  or  herbal  cigarettes  for  commercial
 purposes, or any agent or employee of such retail dealer, or  any  agent
 or  employee of a retail dealer, shall knowingly, in furtherance of such
 business:
   (a) distribute without charge any tobacco products, NICOTINE  POUCHES,
 vapor  products  intended  or reasonably expected to be used with or for
 the consumption of nicotine, or herbal  cigarettes  to  any  individual,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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