NY Pub Health L § 1399-KK (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 13-F - Regulation of Tobacco Products, Herbal Cigarettes and Smoking Paraphernalia; Distribution to Minors 1399-KK - Annual Tobacco and Vapor Product Enforcement Reporting.

§ 1399-kk. Annual tobacco and vapor product enforcement reporting. The commissioner shall submit to the governor and the legislature an interim tobacco  control  report  and annual tobacco control reports which shall describe the extent of the use of tobacco products and  vapor  products, intended  or  reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine, by those under twenty-one years of age  in  the  state  and document  the progress state and local governments have made in reducing such use among those under twenty-one years of age.   1. The interim tobacco control report. The commissioner  shall  submit to the governor and the legislature an interim tobacco control report on or  before  September first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight. Such interim report  shall,  to  the  extent  practicable,  include   the   following information on a county by county basis:  (a) number of licensed and registered tobacco retailers and vendors;  (b)  the  names  and  addresses of retailers and vendors who have paid fines, or have been otherwise penalized, due to enforcement actions;  (c) the number of complaints filed  against  licensed  and  registered tobacco retailers;  (d)  the  number  of  fires caused or believed to be caused by tobacco products and deaths and injuries resulting therefrom;  (e) the number and type of compliance checks conducted; and  (f) such other information as the commissioner deems appropriate.   2. The commissioner shall submit to the governor and  the  legislature an annual tobacco and vapor products, intended or reasonably expected to be  used  with  or for the consumption of nicotine, control report which shall describe the extent of the  use  of  tobacco  products  and  vapor products,  intended  or  reasonably  expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine, by those under twenty-one years of age  in  the state and document the progress state and local governments have made in reducing  such use among those under twenty-one years of age. The annual report shall be submitted to the governor  and  the  legislature  on  or before  March thirty-first of each year beginning on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine. The annual report  shall,  to  the  extent practicable,  include  the  following  information on a county by county basis:  (a) number of licensed and registered tobacco  retailers  and  vendors and licensed vapor products dealers;  (b)  the  names  and  addresses of retailers and vendors who have paid fines, or have been otherwise penalized, due to enforcement actions;  (c) the number of complaints filed  against  licensed  and  registered tobacco retailers and licensed vapor products dealers;  (d)  the  number  of  fires caused or believed to be caused by tobacco products and vapor products, intended or reasonably expected to be  used with  or  for  the  consumption  of  nicotine,  and  deaths and injuries resulting therefrom;  (e) the number and type of compliance checks conducted;  (f) a survey of attitudes and behaviors regarding  tobacco  use  among those  under  twenty-one  years of age. The initial such survey shall be deemed to constitute the baseline survey;  (g) the number of tobacco and vapor product,  intended  or  reasonably expected  to  be used with or for the consumption of nicotine, users and estimated trends in tobacco and vapor product,  intended  or  reasonably expected  to  be used with or for the consumption of nicotine, use among those under twenty-one years of age;  (h) annual tobacco and vapor product, intended or reasonably  expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine, sales;  (i)  tax revenue collected from the sale of tobacco products and vapor products, intended or reasonably expected to be used  with  or  for  the consumption of nicotine;  (j)  the  number of licensed tobacco retail outlets and licensed vapor products dealers;  (k) the number of cigarette vending machines;  (l) the number and type of compliance checks;  (m) the names of entities that have  paid  fines  due  to  enforcement actions; and  (n)  the  number  of  complaints filed against licensed tobacco retail outlets and licensed vapor products dealers.   The annual tobacco and vapor product, intended or reasonably  expected to  be  used  with  or  for  the consumption of nicotine, control report shall, to the extent practicable, include the following information: (a) tobacco and vapor product, intended or reasonably expected  to  be  used with  or  for  the consumption of nicotine, control efforts sponsored by state government agencies including money spent to educate  those  under twenty-one  years  of  age  on the hazards of tobacco and vapor product, intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for  the  consumption of nicotine, use;  (b)  recommendations for improving tobacco and vapor product, intended or reasonably expected to  be  used  with  or  for  the  consumption  of nicotine, control efforts in the state; and  (c) such other information as the commissioner deems appropriate.