Westminster to become first Maryland city to ban public vaping

Westminster is set to become the first city in Maryland to ban vaping in public areas.

ENCLOSED PUBLIC SPACES.

THATMEANS RESTAURANTS AND OTHERBUILDINGS IN WESTMINSTER AREOFF LIMITS TO VAPERS.

PUFF OREXHALE VAPE CLOUDS AND YOUCOULD FACE FINES.

WMAR 2 NEWS'DAVE DETLING JOINS US INSTUDIO TO BREAK DOWN THEORDINANCE AND HAS INSIGHT FRONE VAPE SHOP OWNER.WESTMINSTER'S ORDINANCE 920PASSED LAST NIGHT WITHAPPROVAL FROM WESTMINSTER'SMAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL.WHILE IT'S AIMED AT IMPROVINGPUBLIC HEALTH━ ONE VAPESHOP OWNER ASKS IS IT REALLYNEEDED?

IF YOU'VE STROLLEDTHROUGH DOWNTOWN WESTMINSTEROR DINED AT ONE OF IT'S MANYRESTAURANTS ASK YOURSELFWHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SAWSOMEONE PUBLICLY VAPE INDOORSOR SMOKE INDOORS.

32:1━25""You see once in a whilethose jewel, little disposablevapes that people hit But asfar as the big cloud producingVapes go, the open systems.You're not really seeingthat." SUNNY DAZE SMOKE SHOPOWNER rahul ahuja CAN'T THINKOF A CLOUDY COUGH INDUCINGINCIDENT.

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WHILE HEUNDERSTANDS ORDINANCE 920━HE QUESTIONS IF IT'S ABOUTIMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTHTARGETING THE VAPE NDUSTRY.29:52 " I don't see vapinggoing away entirely for thefact that there's so manyvapors around the country andthe real problem is just thehigh nicotine stuff that isgetting in the kids hands.

Butactual 3 mg or 6 mg juicesthat are adults are using it'sfor the benefit of having asubstitute for not smoking."THE CITY CODE PART OWESTMINSTER'S PEACE AND GOODORDER WILL STOP PEOPLE FROMVAPING IN ENCLOSED PUBLICSPACES.

RESTAURANTS,LIBRARIES, OFFICE SPACE━BASICALLY ANY BUSINESS NOTSPECIFICALLY ESTABLISHED TOSELL OR DISTRIBUTE PRODUCTSRELATED TO VAPING, TOBACCO ORCANNABIS ARE OFF LIMITS.

SHOPSLIKE SUNNYS ARE EXEMPT.

BUT IFYOU'RE FOUND IN VIOLATION━YOU COULD FACE A 50 DOLLARFINE.

BUSINESS FINES START AT100 DOLLARS AND CAN GO UP TO500.

AFTER MULTIPLE OFFENSES━ BUSINESSES WOULD BLABELED A PUBLIC NUISANCE.16:3━36 "I hope they don't getthe drive to do it because itreally is bad for you." WALTERFRANKENBERGER SUPPORTS THE BANADDING KIDS SHOULD'T BEEXPOSED TO VAPING AND NO ONESHOULD UNWILLINGLY BREATHE INSOMEONE'S VAPE.

24:5━ "It'speoples own choice if theychoose to go to a bar wherepeople smoke or not but thenyou start thinking about whowork there." THE CARROLLCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEESTHE BAN SIMILAR TO SMOKING INRESTAURANTS.

WHILE UNABLE TOENFORCE THE VAPING MUNI CODEBAN EDWIN SINGER SAYS IF ITSTOPS SOMEONE FROM FROMPICKING UP A POTENTIALLYDANGEROUS HABIT ALL THBETTER.

:23:2━34 "It'ssomething that maybe they areon the cutting edge and Ithink a lot of other peopleare looking to get behind it.

"AND THE CODE GOES INTO EFFECTJULY FIRST IN WESTMINSTER.

THELOCAL POLICE DEPART WILLENFORCE THE BAN.

WHETHER IT'LLDETER PEOPLE FROM VAPING STILLREMAINS TO BE SEEN.AN ARMED TEEN ARREST