New York City Bans Electronic Cigarettes Where Regular Cigarettes Are Banned

At midday, it became illegal to use e-cigarettes anywhere in New York City where you can't smoke regular cigarettes.

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As of noon today, it's illegal to puff an e-cigarette anywhere where regular cigarettes are banned in New York City. As Gothamist reports, Albany officials want to make this a statewide ban.

According to the bill, this new push is the result of what lawmakers feels is a lack of regulation by the FDA, as secondhand smoke is still polluting the lives of non-smokers:

Business owners will most likely be tasked with the duty of displaying signage about the new rule in the coming months. Vaping just got a lot more complicated in NYC.

[via Gothamist]

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