- According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Electronic cigarettes are not safe for youth, young adults, pregnant women, or adults who do not currently use tobacco products. Additionally, the CDC states that there is no safe nicotine delivery product, and all nicotine delivery products carry a risk.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that electronic smoking devices not be used indoors, especially in smoke-free environments, in order to minimize the risk to bystanders of breathing in the aerosol emitted by the devices and to avoid undermining the enforcement of smoke-free laws.
- According to the Surgeon General of the United States, E-cigarettes are a rapidly emerging and diversified product class, these devices typically deliver flavorings, and other additives to users via an inhaled aerosol. These devices are referred to by a variety of names, including “e-cigs,” “e-hookahs,” “mods,” “vape pens,” “vapes,” and “tank systems.”
- Accordingly, the board of health finds and declares that the purposes of this regulation are (1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting vaping in public places and places of employment; and (2) to guarantee the right of individuals who do not vape to breathe vape free air, and to recognize that the need to breathe vape free air shall have priority over the desire to vape, and (3) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting vaping and the use of electronic cigarette devices in public places and places of employment, (4) discourage youth from initiation of vaping thereby developing a nicotine addiction, (5) facilitate nicotine cessation by active smokers.
KCHD Indoor Vaping Regulation
Indoor Vaping Regulation
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