Requires that all companies that sell electronic cigarettes shall annually disclose to the commissioner of health their online advertising expenditures from the previous fiscal year; makes related provisions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1139
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 adopting require-
ments that electronic cigarette companies disclose online advertise-
ments
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1399-kk of the public health law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. All companies in the state of New York that sell electronic ciga-
4 rettes as defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of this
5 article, shall disclose to the commissioner annually their online adver-
6 tising expenditures from the previous fiscal year. Such yearly disclo-
7 sure shall include, but not be limited, to the total funds spent on
8 online ads, an itemized list of funds spent along with the websites on
9 which ads appeared, the length of time each ad appeared on each website,
10 and any other activity related to internet ad expenditure the commis-
11 sioner deems appropriate. The department shall include in its annual
12 report to the governor and legislature information related to internet
13 advertising expenditures, including proposed rules and regulations
14 deemed appropriate to limit online advertisements that may be seen by
15 children.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02161-01-9
