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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as one of his final act before leaving office, has signed the law banning the use of electronic cigarettes indoors in that city.
NYC’s “Smoke Free Air Act” now applies to e-cigarettes as well as tobacco cigarettes, which means their use is banned in restaurants and bars, offices and city-owned parks and land.
The signing didn’t come without a bit of theater; immediately after the mayor inked the law, two pro-smoking activists lit cigarettes inside City Hall to protest. One was Audrey Silk, the founder of the group “Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment,” known as CLASH. Both smokers had their cigarettes seized by security, and were ushered outdoors.
Many municipalities and states have passed ordinances or laws regulating the use of e-cigs. New York City, as the city with perhaps the most stringent anti-smoking laws in the United States, now has one of the strictest anti-vaping ordinances in the nation.
Not all anti-smoking groups are in favor of the city’s approach; Thomas Glynn of the American Cancer Society, says it’s misguided to “take something out of the hands of people which could, in fact, help (them) stop using the traditional…cigarette.”
The push to apply anti-smoking regulations to e-cigs seems to be gaining traction at the local level in the United States. The most recent examples are in California, where the city of Richmond (near San Francisco) and the city of Carlsbad (near San Diego) have moved forward on proposals regulating the use of electronic cigarettes. Richmond’s City Council has unanimously okayed an ordinance banning the use of ecigs in all “enclosed” public spaces – even open-air parks. Meanwhile, the Carlsbad City Council has given initial approval to a proposal that bans vaping anywhere where smoking is prohibited, including outdoor seating areas at restaurants.
Those actions come as the California county of San Bernadino has banned electronic cigarettes from all county facilities, following the example of nearby Riverside County which last year approved a similar law.
Across the country, meanwhile, a committee of the New York City Council held its first hearing on a proposal which would ban all e-cigarette use in public places.
Most proponents of the restrictions cite a recent Centers for Disease Control study which showed the use of ecigarettes up sharply among middle school and high school students. However, electronic cigarette supporters charge that the CDC sensationalized their news releases on the study, and didn’t highlight the fact that nearly 75% of the students using e-cigs had previously been regular tobacco smokers.
