Mayor bill de Blasio continues its campaign against Smoking in new York.
The Department of health has announced that from January 1, cigarettes and other tobacco products will be banned in all pharmacies in new York, including in supermarkets and large stores with pharmacies Department.
Many pharmacies have voluntarily stopped selling tobacco products, including a large network of CVS, which made this decision in 2014. However, about 500 pharmacies still sell tobacco products.
«People believe that pharmacy help them stay healthy. Pharmacies need to help smokers to quit, and not Vice versa,» — said Herminia Palacio, Deputy mayor for health and social security.
Tobacco use, which is associated with strokes, heart and lungs, diabetes and some types of cancer it causes about 12,000 deaths per year in new York. This indicator prompting the authorities to become more active.
The minimum price of a pack of cigarettes in new York rose to $13, and now this figure is the highest in the United States. Also recently banned Smoking in housing within the area of responsibility of NYCHA (The New York City Housing Authority), which manages homes for residents with low-and middle-income levels in all parts of the city. And selling electronic cigarettes had been banned in pharmacies in August of last year.
Despite these limitations and a nationwide decline in Smoking in new York city still has more than 873 000 smokers — adults and 860 000 13 000 young people.
