A 147: 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 147 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred 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. LBD01269-01-5