Hauppauge, NY – Suffolk County Department of Health Services Commissioner James Tomarken announced today that the department’s Office of Health Education, Tobacco Enforcement Unit, has begun implementing a New York State Department of Health order banning the sale of synthetic cannabinoid products by dropping in on retailers and distributing the state’s summary order imposing a ban on these products. Merchants are required to immediately remove these products from their stores and are asked to return them to the distributor.