More States Ban Vaping, E-Cigarette Use in Workplaces

Thousands of employers need to update their workplace no-smoking policies to include bans on vaping and electronic cigarettes as new state laws addressing the practice continue to crop up.

In the past three months, four states—Florida, New Mexico, South Dakota, and most recently Minnesota on May 31—put in place no-vaping mandates for most types of indoor workplaces.

And Wisconsin may be next. A bill proposing to change its no workplace smoking ban to include vaping and e-cigarettes was introduced in the state Legislature in May (S.B. 245).

Across the nation, 17 states have general workplace bans on vaping ...