Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
New York is the first place I have ever felt safe.
Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together.
We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.
I believe that in New York, we must have one set of rules for everyone - and that means women cannot be unfairly denied health coverage.
It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
Every New Yorker has the right to clean air, safe drinking water, and healthy communities to raise their children - and you can rest assured that I will aggressively protect that right, not just on Earth Day, but every day.
I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11 and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a moment, we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time, and it changed my life.
New York came after me aggressively and that's what sealed the deal.
What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.
We have a responsibility to protect public housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, especially the elderly and children who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases.
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