Alabama bill banning public vaping advances in state senate
An Alabama Senate committee approved a bill to extend the state's existing Clean Indoor Air Act to include vaping in public places.Summary
The Alabama Senate Committee on Healthcare passed a bill, SB9, that would prohibit vaping in public places currently covered by the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, which bans smoking. The bill, sponsored by Senator Gerald Allen, would add “the use of an electronic nicotine delivery system” to the definition of smoking under state law. Allen was motivated to reintroduce the bill after experiencing secondhand vaping at football games. The existing Clean Indoor Air Act, enacted in 2003, already bans smoking in locations like retail stores, restaurants, and government buildings, with a $25 fine for violations. The bill also proposes renaming the act in honor of Senator Vivian Davis Figures, who championed the original legislation. A study by the National Library of Medicine notes that while vaping can expose nonusers to nicotine, it lacks the toxic combustion products of secondhand tobacco smoke.
(Source：Alabama Local News)
