MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing on Thursday, March 31, 2016. RELATED: Legislature Tables Local Law to Increase Legal Age for Buying Tobacco WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample provides a recap on the effort to … [Read more...]
Chautauqua County Legislature Tables Proposed Local Law to Increase Legal Age for Buying Tobacco Products
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County lawmakers have decided to wait another month before acting on a local law to increase the legal age for purchasing tobacco products. On Wednesday during the Chautauqua County Legislature’s monthly voting session, … [Read more...]
Schneiderman Calls on FDA to Enact Rules for Packaging, Selling Liquid Nicotine
ALBANY - State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has joined his counterparts in Indiana and Illinois to call on federal officials to take action to prevent poisoning of children from liquid nicotine and other novel tobacco products. In a letter … [Read more...]
State Legislature Considering Ban on Indoor E-Cigarette Use
ALBANY - The state legislature is looking into a law that would ban the use of e-cigarettes in places like offices and restaurants. A bill before the state Senate and Assembly would add e-cigarettes to the list of products covered under the … [Read more...]
State Lawmakers Look Into Regulation of E-Cigarettes
ALBANY - Manufacturers and distributors of e-cigarette products could be facing a major battle in Albany in the next couple of months. A proposed bill being sponsored in both the State Senate and Assembly is one of several regulatory measures that … [Read more...]