On Tuesday, July 16, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to raise the age of purchase of tobacco and e-cigarettes in the region. The statute raises the age of smoking from 18 to 21, according to a press release from the policy's office. The law will enter into ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires all government-owned residential properties to be smoke-free by July 30, 2018. To fulfill this mandate, the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) Smoke-Free NYCHA is designed to ...

American tobacco giants Philip Morris USA (trademarks Marlboro, Parliament), RJ Reynolds Tobacco (Lucky Strike cigarettes), Lorillard (Kent) and Altria (parent company Philip Morris) lost a lawsuit, which lasted since 1999, and are now required to launch an advertising campaign about the dangers of smoking, ...