California Raises Age Of Tobacco Purchase To 21 And Tightens Vaping Rules

Publication Date: 2016-05-04

• Author:Lisa Aliferis
• Publication:NPR

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a sweeping package of tobacco bills into California law on Wednesday, including one that will raise the legal age to buy products from 18 to 21 and another that dramatically tightens restrictions on e-cigarettes...

Vaping Banned In Many Public Places

But the new regulations on e-cigarettes may be even more significant, Glantz says. "There's no question that e-cigarettes aren't as dangerous as cigarettes are," he says, "but they're still dangerous."

Under the law, written by state Sen. Mark Leno, a Democrat from San Francisco, e-cigarettes will be banned in all the same places that traditional cigarettes are — workplaces, schools, restaurants, hospitals and more...

Brown signed three other bills:

• An expansion of smoke-free workplaces to include hotel lobbies, bars, banquet rooms and employee break rooms...