In response to new scientific evidence and public health initiatives, many municipalities are reviewing and updating their rules and regulations related to tobacco, marijuana, vaping, and e-cigarette use to ensure their communities are compliant with emerging laws.
Since being introduced to the U.S. market in 2007, electronic smoking devices have gone from a possible solution for breaking tobacco addiction, to an increasingly dangerous public health challenge that hasn’t been simple to regulate.
The recent adoption of a Federal Act to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 may require some municipalities to consider changes to their local ordinances.