New York State Governor Kathy Hochul is taking aim at the tobacco industry, seeking to ban menthol cigarettes and significantly raise cigarette taxes per pack.
Families from across New York held concurrent rallies this week calling for an end to the prison package ban put in place by the Department of Corrections.
From take-out containers to packing peanuts, New Yorkers will see a whole lot less of both as a statewide ban on those products will go into effect soon.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two bills today that will help to protect children and teenagers from the harmful effects of cigarette smoking. Cuomo says the new laws will strengthen the state’s protections to help New York’s young people to avoid nicotine addiction as well as the negative impacts of cigarette smoke...