Have you ever wondered about electronic cigarettes? Have you asked are there laws preventing the use of e-cigarettes?

We get asked about electronic or e-cigarettes all the time. Here in Chatham-Kent our Smoke-Free Chatham-Kent by-law does cover e-cigarettes.

According to our by-law, ‘smoke’, or ‘smoking’ includes the use or carrying of:

• any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe, waterpipe
• any equipment used to inhale, exhale, burn or heat any Smoking Product

A ‘Smoking Product’ refers to tobacco or a tobacco-like product intended to be burned or heated to produce vapours, gases, or smoke, to be inhaled.

Under our by-law, a regular cigarette and an e-cigarette are considered the same.

Bill 45 is the same thing at the Provincial level. To learn more about Bill 45, click the link.

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?BillID=3080