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QUEENS WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 10, 2019
Cuomo signs new law raising the legal age for
purchasing tobacco and e-cigarette products
BY BILL PARRY
Beginning Nov. 13 you
will need to be 21 to buy tobacco
products in New York
state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
announced Monday.
The new law raises the minimum
sales age for tobacco and
electronic cigarette products
from 18 to 21, building on efforts
to combat health threats.
To crack down on retailers
selling tobacco and vaping
products to underage you, State
Police is partnering with the
Department of Health to conduct
undercover investigations
across the state under The Adolescent
Tobacco Use Prevention
Act, which enlists underage
youth to attempt to buy tobacco
and e-cigarette products. Retailers
found selling tobacco
and vaping products to underage
individuals after Nov. 13
will face criminal penalties in
addition to civil penalties.
“The goal of this law is simple
— to prevent cigarettes and vaping
products from getting into
the hands of our youth, creating
an addiction to a deadly habit,”
Cuomo said. “We are taking aggressive
action to make sure the
decades of progress we’ve made
to combat tobacco addiction is
not undone by a sharp rise in
e-cigarette use among younger
New Yorkers.”
According to state Department
of Health data, nearly 40
percent of 12th grade students
and 27 percent of high school
students in New York are now
using e-cigarettes, and the
increase is largely driven by
flavored e-liquids.
High school use in 2018 (27.4
percent) is 160 percent higher
than it was in 2014 (10.5 percent).
While New York’s high school
student smoking rate dropped
from 27.1 percent in 2000 to a record
low of 4.3 percent in 2016,
aggressive marketing promoting
flavored e-cigarettes stands
to turn that trend.
“Tobacco use is harmful to
New Yorkers and leads to cancer,
major health problems, and
death,” Senate Majority Leader
Andrea Stewart-Cousins said.
“Raising the age of purchase to
21 will help ensure fewer children
start this deadly habit.”
According to the Surgeon
General, 88 percent of adult
smokers started using tobacco
before age 18 and 90 percent of
the people who purchase cigarettes
for minors are between
the ages of 18 and 20.
By raising the legal purchase
age to 21, the new law will
help prevent underage children
from obtaining tobacco products
from their friends, reducing
the likelihood young adults
ever start smoking and become
addicted, and ultimately save
thousands of lives.
Reach reporter Bill Parry by
e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4538.
The new law raises the minimum sales age for purchasing tobacco and
electronic cigarette products from 18 to 21. Photo via Getty Images
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