New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to introduce legislation to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products. This will apply to menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars and cigarillos, and flavored smokeless tobacco.
The proposed ban expands the State’s current ban on selling flavored vaping products. According to New York’s Health Department, if passed and signed into law, New York would be the third state to do so.
Hochul previously failed to secure backing from state legislators on banning menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products.
A new survey commissioned by the state Health Department aims to establish support for an all-out prohibition. The survey is believed to serve the purpose of “test marketing” to ascertain preliminary public opinion for a statewide ban….