DOVER, Del. (AP) - The state House is set to vote on legislation adding electronic cigarettes to Delaware's indoor smoking ban.
The bill being considered Thursday adds electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes or digital cigarettes, to a 12-year-old law that prohibits smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places.
Amendments added to the bill since its introduction would exempt businesses that sell electronic cigarettes.
Electronic cigarettes, which do not contain tobacco and are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, heat liquid nicotine into an inhalable vapor.
Chief bill sponsor Debra Heffernan, a Wilmington Democrat and environmental toxicologist, says e-cigarette emissions contain nicotine and other harmful chemicals, including chromium and nickel.
Three states, North Dakota, Utah and New Jersey, already prohibit smoking e-cigarettes indoors, while many others prohibit sales to minors.
