New York S 4699: Requires electronic cigarettes and e-liquid products to be sold in separate specific locations where only persons of at least twenty-one years of age are allowed to enter

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4699

Sponsors: Cordell Cleare

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S04699 Summary:

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Requires electronic cigarettes and e-liquid products to be sold in separate specific locations where only persons of at least twenty-one years of age are allowed to enter.

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4699

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 requiring elec-
 tronic cigarettes and e-liquid products to be sold in separate specif-
 ic locations where only persons of at least twenty-one years of age
 are allowed to enter

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 1399-cc of the public health law,
 2 as amended by chapter 100 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new
 3 subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
 4 7. No person operating a place of business wherein tobacco products,
 5 herbal cigarettes, [liquid nicotine,] or shisha [or electronic ciga-
 6 rettes] are sold or offered for sale shall sell, permit to be sold,
 7 offer for sale or display for sale any tobacco product, herbal ciga-
 8 rettes, [liquid nicotine,] or shisha [or electronic cigarettes in any
 9 manner], unless such products and cigarettes are stored for sale (a)
 10 behind a counter in an area accessible only to the personnel of such
 11 business, or (b) in a locked container; provided, however, such
 12 restriction shall not apply to tobacco businesses, as defined in subdi-
 13 vision eight of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of this article,
 14 and to places to which admission is restricted to persons twenty-one
 15 years of age or older.
 16 8. No person operating a place of business wherein liquid nicotine or
 17 electronic cigarettes are sold or offered for sale shall sell, permit to
 18 be sold, offer for sale or display for sale any liquid nicotine or elec-
 19 tronic cigarettes unless such place of business is a place to which
 20 admission is restricted to persons twenty-one years of age or older.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 22 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09387-01-5

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