{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-399","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Business Law § 399","heading":"Cigarette package labeling","body":"§ 399. Cigarette package labeling. 1. On each package of cigarettes\nsold or delivered by a manufacturer or distributor within this state\nafter June first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, there shall be printed\nthereon or attached thereto a warning of the consequences of excessive\nsmoking. Such warning shall be in letters not less than eight point type\nand in a color in contrast with the package containing the cigarettes,\nand shall contain the following statement:\n                                 WARNING\n                 \"Excessive use is dangerous to health\"\n  2. Any person, firm, corporation or association or its officers or\nagents who or which violate any of the provisions of this section shall\nbe guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["General Business Law","Article 26. Miscellaneous"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GBS/399","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"191bd6af0c23ac490e44962842a732f60a2355f634130e385f598eaf6a60e5d4","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-398-g","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-399-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}