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A pictogram used to denote a vaping ban. Laws regulating the use of electronic cigarettes, also known as "vaping", vary across the United States. Some states and municipalities prohibit vaping in every location where smoking is prohibited, while others contain more permissive laws (or no laws at all) regarding vaping.
In the United States, smoker protection laws are state statutes that prevent employers from discriminating against employees for using tobacco products. Currently twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have such laws. Although laws vary from state to state, employers are generally prohibited from either refusing to hire or firing an ...
As of October 1, 2021, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, 82.1% of the U.S. population lives under a ban on smoking in "workplaces, and/or restaurants, and/or bars, by either a state, commonwealth, or local law", [2] and 62.3% live under a ban covering all workplaces, restaurants, and bars. [3]
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]
Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long ...
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Aug. 23—After years of climbing rates of New Mexico teens taking up vaping, those numbers are finally going down. In the place of e-cigarettes, however, New Mexico Department of Health officials ...
In the United States, some cite unequal protection under the law while others cite loss of business without compensation, as well as other types of challenges. Some localities where hospitality businesses filed lawsuits against the state or local government include Nevada , Montana , Iowa , Colorado , Kentucky , New York, South Carolina , and ...