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Dallas City Council is adding vaping to the city’s smoke-free ordinance.
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The new ordinance bans vaping in parks, all indoor and enclosed spaces and within 15 feet of buidlings.
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The ban takes effect in December 2025.
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Dallas City Council is adding vaping to the city’s smoke-free ordinance.
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The new ordinance bans vaping in parks, all indoor and enclosed spaces and within 15 feet of buidlings.
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The ban takes effect in December 2025.
DALLAS—An ordinance that will forbid the use of electronic smoking devices in places where smoking is already illegal was approved by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday.
Vaping is now prohibited in all indoor and enclosed locations, within 15 feet of building entrances, and on park grounds, according to the adopted ordinance.
The date of the ordinance’s implementation is December 11, 2025.
“I am honored to collaborate with the Environmental Commission and my fellow council members to promote sensible policy. Vaping is a major public health issue that affects our youngest and most vulnerable citizens, as is well known. Kathy Stewart, a council member, expressed her satisfaction with the vote to implement these revisions today.
The list of places where smoking is prohibited is not expanded by the new regulation.
“This ordinance fortifies the City s commitment to restrict vaping in public spaces after collaboration with our community partners and identifying the negative health effects of vaping aerosol exposure,” Kimberly Tolbert, the interim city manager, said. “This is an exciting day because the approval of the ordinance closes an important regulatory gap and better protects the health of our residents from the negative effects of electronic smoking devices.”
The Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability and the Dallas Environmental Commission put out the ordinance.
Businesses must change their signage to explicitly state that smoking and vaping are forbidden by the amendment.
Secondhand vaping effects
In March, specialists informed Dallas City Council members that although research on the impacts of secondhand e-cigarette aerosol exposure is still ongoing, scientists are finding ties to both asthma-like symptoms and cancer.
E-cigarettes emit particulates in an aerosol that bystanders inhale, although not producing smoke like traditional cigarettes do.
In the same way that it currently prohibits smoking, the American Heart Association, Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council, and Dallas County Medical Society were among the groups urging Dallas to outlaw vaping in parks and inside.
According to research, vapers’ health may be impacted by the particulates they release.
According to the Office of Environmental Quality, birth abnormalities can result from exposure to PM2.5, one of the tiniest pollutants.
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The Dallas City Council and earlier Fox 4 reporting provided the information used in this piece.
The Dallas City Council and earlier Fox 4 reporting provided the information used in this piece.
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