New York tobacco and nicotine laws

What it would do: Imposes a tax on vapor products at 32 cents per milliliter for prefilled products and 8 percent on wholesale price for others, requires vapor products distributors to obtain licenses, prohibits sale of flavored vapor products, and establishes a directory of approved vapor products maintained by the commissioner.

What it would do: Prohibits any person operating a business selling tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or smoking paraphernalia from selling or displaying such products that resemble school supplies, toys, or use packaging designed to appeal to or target minors.

What it would do: Changes the age restriction for tobacco and vapor product sales from under twenty-one years of age to individuals born after December 31, 2007, effectively raising the minimum age to 21. Repeals one subdivision and amends multiple public health law sections to implement this birth date-based restriction.

What it would do: Prohibits persons operating businesses selling tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and related items from selling or displaying any such products made to be attractive to or target persons under age twenty-one, or sold in packaging made to be attractive to or target such persons.

What it would do: Prohibits any person or corporation from displaying billboard advertisements that promote tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, alcoholic beverages, or gambling or sports wagering services, with an exception for government-sponsored public health messaging.

What it would do: Prohibits billboard advertisements promoting tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, alcoholic beverages, or gambling or sports wagering services, requiring removal on the last day of each advertising contract and replacement with public health service announcements until new paid advertising begins.

What it would do: Prohibits retail dealers from opening tobacco businesses within 500 feet of existing licensed tobacco businesses in cities, towns, or villages with populations of 20,000 or more, unless the local municipality or community board determines it serves the public interest after consultation and notice.

What it would do: Amends New York tax law to define premium cigars and exempt small importers from distributor status unless they exceed $100,000 in annual sales or 200 transactions. Imposes a 75 percent excise tax on premium cigars or 50 cents per cigar, whichever is less.

What it would do: Prohibits persons under 21 years old from possessing tobacco or vaping products. Allows courts to impose civil fines up to $50, require tobacco awareness programs, or community service up to 30 hours; permits officers to seize such products but not arrest for possession.

What it would do: Requires every package containing an electronic cigarette sold or distributed in New York to display a warning label stating 'WARNING: Explosion Hazard: this product may overheat, catch fire or explode.' Violators face civil penalties up to one thousand dollars per violation.

What it would do: Requires cigarette tax stamps to include color-shifting dyes, unique serial numbers, tamper-evident surfaces, and scannable encrypted data containing the agent's name and address, affixing date, stamp value, and serial number.

What it would do: Adds nicotine pouches to New York's tobacco product regulations, prohibiting their free distribution and flavored sales, requiring age verification for purchase, and banning price discounts and multi-package deals.

What it would do: Requires electronic cigarette companies in New York to disclose annually to the commissioner their online advertising expenditures, including total spending, itemized website placements, ad duration, and related internet ad activity. The department must report findings to the governor and legislature with proposed regulations to limit online ads seen by children.

What it would do: Prohibits selling, offering to sell, or giving away electronic liquids used to refill electronic cigarettes or cartridges, with a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars per violation, except the health commissioner may exempt registered in-state manufacturers and prefilled sealed cartridges are excluded.

What it would do: Amends tobacco product definitions and tax rates in New York law. Increases cigarette tax to 95% of wholesale price, moist snuff tax to $3.63 per ounce, and establishes new tax rates for single-unit tobacco products, loose tobacco, and cigars. Changes minimum loose tobacco package size to 0.65 ounces.

What it would do: Amends the definition of 'flavored' vapor products under Public Health Law to include products containing N-Ethyl-p-menthane-3-carboxamide, thereby prohibiting the sale of vapor or tobacco products containing this substance.

What it would do: Prohibits vapor products dealers and wholesalers from storing flavored vapor products in, adjacent to, or accessible to retail premises where vapor or tobacco products are sold, and increases civil penalties for flavored vapor product violations to up to three hundred dollars per package.

What it would do: Prohibits vapor products dealers from selling entertainment vapor products with bluetooth, wireless internet, or interactive features designed to enhance user experience in connection with nicotine consumption, with civil penalties up to one hundred dollars per package, except for FDA-authorized products.

What it would do: Prohibits establishments from selling or distributing electronic cigarettes that are new tobacco products requiring federal FDA premarket review under 21 U.S.C. § 387j but lacking an FDA premarket review order. Violators face civil penalties of at least ten thousand dollars per violation.

What it would do: Increases the tax on tobacco products other than little cigars from 75% to 129% of wholesale price, removes the snuff tax, and increases the vapor products tax from 20% to 48% on retail sales.

What it would do: Prohibits any person, firm, partnership, company, corporation or dealer from selling or offering for sale at retail any disposable electronic cigarette that cannot be refilled with vapor products, with civil penalties up to one hundred dollars per package sold or offered for sale.

What it would do: Adds electronic cigarette cartridges to the definition of tobacco products subject to taxation under tax law and public health law. Takes effect 180 days after enactment.

What it would do: Requires retail smoke shops to obtain and display an annual premises license from the Department of Taxation and Finance starting January 1, 2027, with regulations governing location, proximity to schools and sensitive facilities, operating hours of 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and interior visibility requirements.

What it would do: Increases the vapor products tax from twenty percent to forty-one percent on retail sales, establishes a tobacco and vaping cessation fund receiving twenty-one percent of tax revenues, and requires e-liquid manufacturers to use child-resistant packaging and comply with state regulations.

What it would do: Requires vapor product distributors and manufacturers to obtain permits from the commissioner, establishes a vapor product directory maintained by the attorney general, and prohibits sale of unregistered or illicit vapor products.