Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt wants the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act to include public indoor vaping.
Schmidt calls vaping a loophole in the original legislation from 2010, saying nobody thought about vaping when the law was first enacted. He also called vaping a health risk, especially among high school students where the use of vaping increased almost 80 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to statistics cited by the Attorney General’s Office.
Currently, 19 states and two United States territories prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in places that are designated as smoke-free. Schmidt says there is “no logical reason to protect indoor vaping in public places” where indoor smoking is outlawed. He has requested legislation to update the state’s current law.
