New York S 2223: Enacts the tobacco product waste reduction act

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S02223 Summary:

BILL NOS02223 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06444

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRCLEARE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1399-mm-4, Pub Health L

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Enacts the tobacco product waste reduction act prohibiting the sale or offering for sale of cigarettes utilizing single-use filters and single-use electronic cigarettes.

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BILL NOS02223 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2223

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, 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 enacting the
 tobacco product waste reduction act

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "tobacco
 2 product waste reduction act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares the
 4 following:
 5 1. The use of tobacco products causes death and disease and continues
 6 to be an urgent public health challenge. The United States Department of
 7 Health and Human Services and the New York State Department of Health
 8 have reported the following:
 9 a. Tobacco-related illness is the leading cause of preventable death
 10 in the United States, accounting for about 480,000 deaths each year,
 11 including 28,200 New York adults.
 12 b. Annually in New York State, 10,600 youth become new daily smokers
 13 and an estimated 280,000 New York youth now alive will die early from
 14 smoking.
 15 c. Tobacco use can cause chronic lung disease, diabetes, eye disease,
 16 rheumatoid arthritis, coronary heart disease, stroke, ectopic pregnancy,
 17 and infertility, in addition to leukemia and cancer of the lungs,
 18 larynx, colon, liver, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, cervix, bladder,
 19 stomach, and mouth.
 20 d. Tobacco-related health care annually costs New Yorkers $10.4
 21 billion, including $3.3 billion in Medicaid expenses.
 22 2. Cigarette filters, also known as butts, do not improve the safety
 23 or healthfulness of cigarettes or other tobacco products, and research
 24 indicates that they likely increase the negative public health effects
 25 of tobacco products.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06170-01-5

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 1 a. According to a 2014 Surgeon General's report, "evidence suggests
 2 that ventilated filters may have contributed to higher risks of lung
 3 cancer by enabling smokers to inhale more vigorously, thereby drawing
 4 carcinogens contained in cigarette smoke more deeply into lung tissue."
 5 b. The perception that filtered cigarettes are safer encourages smok-
 6 ing and leads to increased public harm. In 2010, the United States
 7 joined Canada and the EU in prohibiting the use of tobacco packaging or
 8 advertising using terms like "light," "mild," or "low," which convey the
 9 false impression that filters reduce risk.
 10 c. A 2017 study from the National Cancer Institute recommended that
 11 "the FDA should consider regulating {filter use}, up to and including a
 12 ban."
 13 3. Electronic cigarettes and similar products pose health hazards and
 14 may contribute to youth smoking and reduced smoking cessation, regard-
 15 less of nicotine content.
 16 a. These products contain or produce chemicals other than nicotine
 17 known to be toxic, carcinogenic and causative of respiratory and heart
 18 distress.
 19 b. Emissions from these products may contain particulate matter, harm-
 20 ful to those exposed, including bystanders involuntarily exposed. The
 21 United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has presented evidence
 22 of nicotine and other toxicants in exhaled electronic cigarette aerosol
 23 and stated exposure should be limited.
 24 c. Nicotine-containing electronic cigarettes are the most common nico-
 25 tine products used by students, with three million middl