NY Floats Future Ban On Sales Of All Tobacco Products

The New York Post reports:

“What is your opinion about a policy that would end the sale of all tobacco products in New York within 10 years?” were among the questions asked last week in the “New York Local Opinion Leaders Survey,” examined by the Post.

Another asks: “What is your opinion about a policy that would ban the sale of all tobacco products to those born after a certain date? For example, those born after the year 2010 or later would never be sold tobacco.”

The poll also solicited input on whether there’s backing for other tobacco-related measures, including capping the number of retailers who can sell “products in a community” and prohibiting its sales near schools.

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According to the director of the state Health Department’s Bureau of Tobacco Control, the survey was sent to county health directors, local legislators, and “community leaders.”

New York may be taking its lead from New Zealand, which in December 2022 banned all future sales of tobacco to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2009.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul ‘test-marketing’ a ban on all tobacco sales https://t.co/NvLVMeVPqA pic.twitter.com/1brRpzrVBt

— New York Post (@nypost) April 22, 2023