STATE OF NEW YORK
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8092
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 prohibiting gifts
or other incentives for the purchase of oral nicotine pouches
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1399-aa of the public health law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
3 19. "Oral nicotine pouch" means a smokeless pre-portioned pouch
4 containing nicotine derived from tobacco or synthetic nicotine and other
5 ingredients which may include cellulose, water, flavoring and sodium
6 carbonate, and are used or intended to be used orally.
7 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1399-bb-1 of the public health law, as
8 added by chapter 566 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
9 2. No manufacturer, distributor, or retailer may offer or cause to be
10 offered any gift, reward, or item to any person purchasing electronic
11 cigarettes or oral nicotine pouches in consideration of the purchase
12 thereof.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11205-02-5
