List of vaping bans in the United States


The following is a list of vaping bans in the United States. For federal regulation concerning the legal status of the sale of electronic cigarettes products in and outside the United States, see the worldwide regulation of electronic cigarettes.

General regulation

Federal

Effective August 8, 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration mandates electronic cigarettes products to be regulated as tobacco products. The FDA rule also bans sales to minors. The FDA classified e-cigarettes as drug delivery devices and subject to regulation under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act before importation and sale in the US. Following an outbreak of lung illness linked to vaping products that sickened hundreds of people and left six people dead in the US, the Donald Trump administration in September 2019 was working on plans to ban e-cigarette liquid flavors.

State

Some state and regional governments have extended existing indoor smoking bans to include e-cigarettes., 12 US states and 615 localities had prohibited the use of e-cigarettes in venues in which traditional cigarette smoking was prohibited. High schools and some middle schools throughout the US have been revising their tobacco rules to ban vaping on school grounds. 13 states, 2 territories, and 841 municipalities have outlawed vaping in smoke-free public areas, as of April 2019.
A review of regulations in 40 US states found that how a law defines tobacco products may allow e-cigarettes to avoid smoke-free laws, taxation, and restrictions on sales and marketing. The tobacco industry heavily lobbies states to make it harder to regulate and tax e-cigarettes.

Indoor bans

In August 2016, a World Health Organization report recommended that e-cigarettes be banned in indoor areas or where smoking is prohibited. This is because of their potential for non-users to be exposed to chemicals and e-cigarette aerosol in indoor areas. Many local and state jurisdictions have recently begun enacting laws that prohibit e-cigarette usage everywhere that smoking is banned, although some state laws with comprehensive smoke-free laws will still allow for vaping to be permitted in bars and restaurants while prohibiting e-cigarettes in other indoor places. The only states that do not regulate indoor vaping at all, be it by state territory or on a local level, are in the states of Nebraska, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Tennessee.

Alabama

Statewide vaping ban. Localities may regulate vaping more stringently than the state.
Montana govader Steve Bullock announced a statewide ban on the sale of flavored vaping products. This ban will take effect on October 22, 2019 and will affect both retail in shops and online. The restriction will last for 4 months.

New Hampshire

Localities may regulate vaping indoors, but not in bars and restaurants.