N.Y. PBH Law § 1399-GG
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Out-of-package sales and minimum package sizes
Official statutory text
§ 1399-gg. Out-of-package sales and minimum package sizes. 1. All\ntobacco cigarettes sold or offered for sale by a retail dealer shall be\nsold or offered for sale in the package, box, carton or other container\nprovided by the manufacturer, importer, or packager which bears all\nhealth warnings required by applicable law.\n 2. No person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or\notherwise distributing tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, cigarette\nwrapping papers, wrapping leaves or tubes, or any agent or employee of\nsuch person, shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured for sale in\nthis state, or sell or distribute in this state: (a) any package or\nother container of cigarettes containing fewer than twenty cigarettes;\n(b) any package of roll-your-own tobacco containing less than six-tenths\nof an ounce of tobacco; or (c) any package or other container of\ncigarette wrapping papers, wrapping leaves or tubes, that are or are\nheld out to be suitable for use or used as devices to wrap tobacco for\nsmoking, containing fewer than twenty sheets, leaves or tubes.\n
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