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Though the city-wide smoking ban remains intact, the vaping ban itself was lifted in 2016 due to a state law which was passed then, prohibiting e-cigarettes and vape products from being regulated in the same way as tobacco. In 2019 the city-wide vaping ban was reinstated, via a separate ordinance, by a unanimous vote from the City Council. [19 ...
Many local and state jurisdictions have recently begun enacting laws that prohibit e-cigarette usage everywhere that smoking is banned, although some state laws with comprehensive smoke-free laws will still allow for vaping to be permitted in bars and restaurants while prohibiting e-cigarettes in other indoor places. [297]
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (also known as the FSPTC Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. This bill changed the scope of tobacco policy in the United States by giving the FDA the ability to regulate tobacco products, similar to how it has regulated food and pharmaceuticals since the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
Researchers at UC San Diego ordered vaping products to test whether deliveries followed federal and state laws. For the most part, they didn't. Online vape retailers ignore rules meant to protect ...
Born out of a drastic increase in teen vaping rates over the last decade, lawmakers passed HB 4758, which creates a new criminal offense for e-cigarette marketing and advertising geared to appeal ...
Federal health regulators and law enforcement officials on Monday vowed to work more closely to stop sales of illegal electronic cigarettes, which have grown into a multibillion-dollar business in ...
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Long title: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and for other purposes.
The FDA and Justice Department announcement comes two days before a Senate hearing scrutinizing the lack of government enforcement action against makers and sellers of unauthorized e-cigarettes. The multi-agency task force was proposed by outside experts in 2022 as part of a blistering critique of the FDA's tobacco program.