Figure 1. Highly Urban New York State Counties With and Without Trans-Fatty Acid Restrictions.

Modified New York State county map courtesy of the US Geological Survey (modified by the author).Urban Influence Codes were obtained from the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service 2003 data collections for Urban Influence Code. Urban Influence Code 1 represents large metropolitan areas with at least 1 million residents. Urban Influence Code 2 represents small metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million residents. Counties with restrictions include Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond starting on July 1, 2007; Westchester on January 15, 2008; Nassau on April 1, 2008; Albany on January 1, 2009; Suffolk on October 28, 2010; Rockland on January 1, 2011; and Broome on December 1, 2011.