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 ...

In the summer of 2019, almost all public beaches in New Jersey will be banned from smoking. According to the law, which came into force in January 2019, smoking of both conventional and electronic cigarettes will be banned, writes Fox 5. Non-smoking residents of the region ...

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 ...