In contrast to news like yesterday’s passage of an ordinance banning vaping in public spaces in Los Angeles comes news of a very different situation in Wisconsin.
Republicans have sponsored a bill that explicitly states that vaping indoors is legal, and not prohibited by statewide existing anti-smoking laws.
The bill, submitted by Senator Glenn Grothman, aims to clarify that the state’s anti-tobacco laws do not apply to electronic cigarettes.
“It’s sad that we have to introduce legislation to clarify that the smoking ban was not supposed to (apply to) e-cigarettes.”
-Sen. Glenn Grothman
The bill, of course, is facing some opposition from the likes of University of Wisconsin professor Dr. Michael Fiore, who says “If this bill passes, Wisconsin’s children with their young brains so sensitive to nicotine may be put at risk. Why would we do that?”
There is no evidence to date of any health risks associated with second-hand exposure to electronic cigarette vapor.
WI Republicans: Vaping Is not Smoking
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