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2. E-Cigarette Bans - News Reports

The following contains some reference links to news reports on the banning of e-cigarettes at a local level by individual policy makers at pubs, restaurants, states, counties, villages, businesses, schools, hospitals, libraries, civic authorities etc.

Many individual policy makers are taking action at the local level and are bannng the public use of e-cigs within their jurisdiction. In general, for a number of reasons, e-cigs are being subjected to similar regulations to tobacco cigarettes, with regard to public display, use, and purchasing restrictions.

It should be noted that the lists of reports on this website will inevitably be incomplete and will represent only a fraction of the number of bans that have been reported in on-line media. Similarly, there will be an even greater number of bans that have been imposed by local policy makers and that have received no publicity or coverage at all in on-line media reports.

The reports listed below can only ever be an incomplete list but nevertheless are representative of the actions that are being taken against the public use of e-cigarettes.

Date

News Report & Link

31/07/2013

Electronic cigarettes are banned on Hennepin County property.
Open link

01/08/2013

St Helens bans e-cigarettes from taxis and council workplaces.
Open link 1, Open link 2

08/08/2013

Transport for London staff banned from using e-cigs at work.
Open link

11/08/2013

Train operators including C2C, Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect, which operate services in the South East and East Anglia, announce a complete ban on passengers using e-cigarettes.
Open link 1, Open link 2

14/08/2013

Starbucks bans electronic cigarettes.
Open link

20/08/2013

Mankato, Minnesota - city councillors ban E-cigs at bars and restaurants in the city.
Open link

22/08/2013

Electronic cigarettes banned from Arkansas school campuses.
Open link

27/08/2013

E-cigarettes banned in public spaces in Premier Inns.
Open link

31/08/2013

North Staffordshire hospital has banned staff from using electronic cigarettes in its grounds.
Open link

03/09/2013

A full smoking ban, including e-cigarettes, means from October 1st smoking will not be allowed at any of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board‘s sites. The decision will see smoking shelters removed from health sites, a smoking enforcement officer recruited, the banning of e-cigarettes in hospital premises and protocols put in place to support smokers whilst in hospital.
Open link

10/09/2013

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ban e-cigarettes stating that their safety cannot be guaranteed.
Open link

10/09/2013

Duluth, Minnesota, says no to e-cigarettes.
Open link 1, Open link 2

11/09/2013

Washington town Reston bans e-cigs in public places in late June.
Open link

11/09/2013

Oklahoma school districts banning e-cigs from sporting events.
Open link

24/09/2013

E-cigarettes are not allowed on the Ste. Genevieve R-II School District campus.
Open link

24/09/2013

Forty state attorneys, including Hawaii, want the FDA to regulate e-cigarettes.
Open link 1, Open link 2

24/09/2013

Seal Beach Officials Extend Ban on New E-Cigarette Shops
Open link

25/09/2013

Three adverts for e-cigs banned by the Advertising Standards watchdog.
Open link 1, Open link 2, Open link 3

26/09/2013

The Cassia County School Board, Burley, Idaho, bans electronic cigarettes.
Open link

27/09/2013

Manchester Metropolitan University includes e-cigs in smoking ban.
Open link

27/09/2013

Electronic cigarettes banned on Palm Beach County school grounds.
Open link

To find out more about the growth in local e-cigarette bans, see the following news reports:

1st published 23rd November 2013

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