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E-cigarette use is prohibited in workplaces and many public spaces, including restaurants and bars. It is allowed wherever smoking is allowed. [7] Communities can have stronger e-cigarette laws, e.g. covering parks, beaches, bus stops, outdoor worksites, and so on. [8] Sale of e-cigarettes to persons under 21 is prohibited. [9]
The Chicago Clean Indoor Air Act was updated to mention e-cigarettes in 2014, making it the first major U.S. city to legislate e-cigarette use. [94] The Chicago Park District's Board of Commissioners has discussed banning all forms of smoking in Chicago parks, beaches, play lots and other facilities, but there is not yet a municipal ordinance.
A vape shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States [1] A vape shop in Knaresborough, England. A vape shop [notes 1] is a retail outlet specializing in the selling of vaping products, [27] though shops selling derived psychoactive cannabis products have increased in the United States since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill.
An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), or vape, [note 1] [1] is a device that simulates tobacco smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. [2] As such, using an e-cigarette is often called "vaping". [3]
By 2015, e-cigarettes had taken over traditional cigarettes as the nicotine product of choice of U.S. high school students, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National ...
Federal health officials on Thursday authorized sales of the best-selling e-cigarette in the U.S., Vuse Alto, allowing manufacturer Reynolds American to keep the vaping brand on the market for ...
Regulation of electronic cigarettes varies across countries and states, ranging from no regulation to banning them entirely. [1] As of 2015, around two thirds of major nations have regulated e-cigarettes in some way. [2] A 2023 report by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that 34 countries had banned the sale of e-cigarettes. [3]
The decade of the 2010s saw both the advent and uptick in the prevalence of vaping among American youths, as e-cigarettes became the latest nicotine-delivery device for U.S. consumers. The first commercial e-cigarette hit the markets in 2006. [13] Reports in 2018 estimated that youth vaping is present among 27.5% of the youth population.