Smoke-Free Indoor Air Update
Since 2020, both the City of Eau Claire and the City of Altoona have added e-cigarettes to their Smoke-Free Indoor Air Ordinances (Eau Claire Ordinance 8.05 and Altoona City Ordinance 8.06 ). Smoking and vaping are not allowed in public indoor places like government buildings, bars, restaurants and workplaces.
This is a local update to the law the state of Wisconsin passed in 2010 - the Smoke-Free Indoor Air Law 101.123 which prohibited smoking in public places like government buildings, bars, restaurants and workplaces.
What you need to know:
The updated city ordinance includes vaping/e-cigarettes in the definition of smoking. If you can’t smoke somewhere, you also can’t vape there.
Put up signage. It lets everyone know that both smoking and vaping are not allowed indoors and helps them to follow the local regulations.
Vaping isn't harmless water vapor. This update is important because vaping creates a secondhand aerosol that can contain nicotine, ultrafine particles, heavy metals, and cancer-causing chemicals.
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