“Vaping would be subject to the same indoor prohibitions as cigarette smoking under a measure an Iowa Senate panel advanced Tuesday. The three-member Seante subcommittee voted unanimously to advance Senate Study Bill 3052, which would subject vaping to the prohibitions in Iowa’s Smokefree Air Act. Passed in 2008, the act bans smoking in certain public places and enclosed workplaces, including restaurants and bars, as well as some outdoor areas, including sports arenas, restaurant patios and the grounds of public buildings. Both the indoor prohibition bill and the age bill must now advance through a full Senate committee, then a vote of the full 50-member chamber, before going through the same process in the House. Also on Tuesday, another Senate subcommittee advanced a bill 3-0 that would raise the smoking and vaping age to 21″
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Iowa Senate panel approves ban on vaping in many public places, work areas, restaurants, bars