Alabama Defines alternative nicotine products. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 19.

Alaska Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 19.

Arizona Defines vapor product. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.

Arkansas Defines e-cigarette/vapor devicce. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. E-cigs included in indoor smoking ban. Read More Read Less

California Defines e-cigarette device. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. SB 648 (update: tabled until January), which has already passed the California Senate, has been assigned to the California Assembly Committee on Government Organization. If enacted, this bill would ban the use of vapor products wherever smoking is banned. Among those provisions most likely to impact users are those that would:



- Ban e-cigarette use in virtually all workplaces in California, including in hospitals. Violations would be punishable by fines of $100, $200, and $500. (Section 12)



- Ban e-cigarette use inside or within 20 feet of any public building or in a vehicle owned by the state. (Section 4)



- Declares that the use of electronic cigarettes “may be a hazard to the health of the general public,” and would include e-cigarettes in all future smoking bans passed in California. (Section 11)



- Ban e-cigarette use in railroads and air carriers. (Section 13)



Union City: Law goes into effect Jan 10 that will classify e-cigs as regular tobacco products. Restricting their use in public places. Prohibited on school grounds, child care facilities, in healthcare facilities, and in indoor State Fair facilities and within 20 feet thereof. Read More Read Less

Colorado Defines e-cigarette as a tobacco product. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.

Connecticut Defines electronic nicotine delivery system, vapor product. Prohibits sale to anyone under the age of 18. SB 990 would:



- Ban the use of e-cigarettes in any public place where smoking is prohibited.



- Because Connecticut law bans "smoking" in any tobacco shop that has changed its size or opened since the end of 2002, e-cigarette usage would also be banned in brick & mortar e-cigarette stores stores across Connecticut. Read More Read Less

Delaware Defines tobacco substitute. Prohibits sale to minors under 18 years old.

District of Columbia E-cigs included in indoor smoking bans. Read More Read Less

Florida Prohibits the sale to anyone under the age of 18.

Georgia Defines alternative nicotine product. Prohibits the sale to minors under 18.

Hawaii Defines electronic smoking device. Prohibits sale to minors under 18.

Idaho Defines e-cigarette. Prohibits sale to minor under 18.

Illinois Update HB5689 - Passed.

Update 4-29-14: Chicago prohibits the use of e-cigs within 15 feet of any building entrance. E-cig use is banned in most public places. Chicago retailers must keep e-cigs behind the counter.



Defines alternative nicotine products. Illinois prohibits the sale of e-cigs to minors. Update 8/22/14 - HB5689 Passed.

HB5689:

- Require all e-cigarette liquids to be sold in "special packaging" and require the Illinois Department of Public Health to establish standards for such packaging

- BAN the sale of all e-cigarette liquids in Illinois until these regulations are enacted. Read More Read Less

Indiana Defines electronic cigarette. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.

Iowa Defines electronic cigarette as vapor product. Also defines alternative nicotine product. Prohibits distribution to minors under 18.

Kansas Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. Tobacco use, including use of e-cigarettes, prohibited in Dept. of Corrections facilities and on grounds thereof, by both employees and inmates.



Kentucky Prohibits sale to minors under 18.

Louisiana Defines alternative nicotine products, electronic cigarettes and vaporizers, and prohibits sale to a minor under 18. HB 713 would increase the state's smokeless tobacco tax by 100%.



Update 4-18-2013: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Read More Read Less

Maine HP 950: On May 15, 2013, the Joint Committee on Taxation gave a Do Not Pass Recommendation to HP 950. Maine vapers are safe for now. Read More Read Less

Maryland Defines electronic device. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. “Smoking, including use of e-cigarettes prohibited on MARC commuter rail system trains.”



Massachussets Boston prohibits sale of e-cigarettes to minors and prohibits e cigs in the workplace. Update 10-30-13: Bill that would ban e-cig sales to minors, prohibit use on school grounds and regulate use in public spaces and workplaces has been OK'd by the Committee on Public Health. The bill is now making its way through the Massachusetts State House. Read More Read Less

Michigan Adds vapor and alternative nicotine products to youth tobacco act and prohibits sale or distribution to minors under 18.

Minnesota Defines nicotine delivery products, tobacco-related devices and electronic delivery device, and prohibits sale to minors under 18.

Defines the taxing methods applied to ecigarettes and alternative nicotine/vapor products. Requires child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine containers.

Mississippi Defines alternative nicotine product and electronic cigarette. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.

Missouri Defines alternative nicotine and vapor products, and prohibits sale to minors under 18. States that alternative nicotine and vapor products are not to be regulated or taxed as tobacco products. Vapor product does not include any alternative nicotine product or tobacco product.

Montana Defines e-cigarettes as a “vapor product”. “Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to minors under the age of 18, Possession/use of vapor products by persons under age 18 prohibited as of Sept 15, 2017”

Nebraska Defines alternative nicotine and vapor products. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.

Nevada Defines products made or derived from tobacco, which also prohibits sale to minors under 18.

New Hampshire Defines e-cigarette, liquid nicotine, and tobacco product. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.

New Jersey Defines and adds e-cigarette to list of tobacco-related items that cannot be sold to minors under 19. Prohibits the use of e-cigarettes in public places and workplaces.

New Mexico

New York Update 4-29-14: New York City bans the use of e-cigs wherever regular cigarettes are banned including restaurants, workplaces, bars, parks and offices.



Defines tobacco products and e-cigarettes. Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.



Prohibits use of e-cigarettes within 100 feet of entrances of schools and public buildings. Update 9/15/2017: Defined as an “electronic delivery device”, “Prohibits sales of e-cigarettes or nicotine liquid containers to minors under 18 effective Sept. 15, 2017”, Nicotine liquid must be sold in child-resistant containers, E-cigarettes and nicotine liquid containers must be sold in “original factory-sealed package”.

A.B. 7106 would:



- Define electronic cigarette products containing nicotine to be "tobacco products" under New York law by redefining the term to mean any product "containing tobacco or nicotine that is intended or expected to be consumed."



- Impose a 95% wholesale tax on e-cigarette sales.



- Increase New York's tax on smokeless tobacco from 75% to 95%, a 27% increase.



- Require e-cigarette vendors to obtain a tobacco retail license to sell e-cigarettes. (see N.Y. TAX LAW § 480-A)



Int 1020 & Int 1021 would:



- Redefine "tobacco products" under New York City law to include e-cigarettes and related components, parts, and accessories (both ordinances)



- Ban the display of e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in retail stores (Int 1020-2013)



- Ban the sale of e-cigarettes or e-liquid in flavors other than tobacco, menthol, mint and wintergreen in areas other than an age-restricted "tobacco bar." New York City law prohibits "tobacco bars" that were not open in 2001, and thus even an e-cigarette store in New York City would be prohibited from selling flavored e-cigarettes. (Int 1021-2013)



- Mandate that e-cigarette products and parts, components, and accessories only be sod in their original packaging (Int 1021-2013) Read More Read Less

North Carolina Defines tobacco-derived products and vapor products, and bans sales to minors under 18.



Taxes liquid nicotine at 5 cents per milliliter.

North Dakota Prohibits use of e-cigarettes in almost every public and private location in the state.

Ohio Defines e-cigarette as an alternative nicotine product and prohibits sales to minors under 18.

Oklahoma Defines vapor product, prohibits sale to minors under 18 and prohibits use within 300 feet of schools.

Oregon OR DOJ Settlement prohibits sale of e-cigarettes until they are FDA approved, or until court rules FDA cannot regulate them and scientific research can prove them safe. In addition, the companies must give the Attorney General advance notice that they intend to sell electronic cigarettes in Oregon, provide copies of all electronic cigarette advertising, and provide copies of the scientific studies they maintain substantiates their claims.

Pennsylvania Update 4-10-14

Philadelphia has banned the sale of e-cigs to minors and prohibits the use of e-cigs in virtually all public places including bars, restaurants and workplaces.

Rhode Island Defines and adds electronic nicotine delivery system to definition of tobacco products and prohibits sale to minors under 18.

South Carolina Defines alternative nicotine product and e-cigarette, also prohibits sale to minors under 18 if the product includes nicotine.

South Dakota Defines vapor product as a tobacco product and adds to list of products prohibited for minors under 18. Tobacco use, including use of e-cigarettes, prohibited in Dept. of Corrections facilities and on grounds thereof, by both employees and inmates.



Tennessee Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18.

Texas As of October 1, 2015, it is criminal negligent to sell e-cig anything to minors. Here is link to the full law: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/html/SB00097I.htm. Use of e-cigarettes prohibited in specified public places, except in designated areas.



Utah Includes e-cigs in the state public smoking ban, prohibiting the use of e-cigs in all public places and workplaces.



Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 19.



Includes e-cigs in indoor smoking ban.

Vermont Defines tobacco substitutes, paraphernalia and products, to includes e-cigarettes and other vapor devices. Also prohibits sale to minors under 18.







Adds liquid nicotine cartridges to the list of products that must meet federal child-resistant effective packaging standards to be sold in the state of Vermont.

Virginia Prohibits the sale, distribution and use of electronic cigarettes, vapor products and other alternative nicotine products to persons under the age of 18. Bans the use of electronic cigarettes on/in school property. Smoking, including use of e-cigarettes, prohibited on Virginia Railway Express trains and limited to 100 feet on north end of station platforms.



Washington Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. vapor products are prohibited in child care facilities, schools, on playgrounds, school buses, elevators, and within 500 feet of schools. E-liquid sampling must take place inside a retail establishment for those over 18, and under the conditions of a sale.



King County has banned the use of e-cigarettes in public places. Kitsap County is attempting to add e-cigarettes to smoking ban. Read More Read Less

West Virginia Prohibits the sale, distribution and use of electronic cigarettes, vapor products and other alternative nicotine products to persons under the age of 18.

Wisconsin Prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. Smoking, including use of e-cigarettes, prohibited at indoor facilities of State Fair and including the main stage area.

