N.Y. General Business Law § 399: Cigarette package labeling

§ 399. Cigarette package labeling. 1. On each package of cigarettes

sold or delivered by a manufacturer or distributor within this state

after June first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, there shall be printed

thereon or attached thereto a warning of the consequences of excessive

smoking. Such warning shall be in letters not less than eight point type

and in a color in contrast with the package containing the cigarettes,

and shall contain the following statement:

WARNING

"Excessive use is dangerous to health"

2. Any person, firm, corporation or association or its officers or

agents who or which violate any of the provisions of this section shall

be guilty of a misdemeanor.