AB 170

This bill prohibits the use of vapor products in the indoor locations and the

outdoor premises of a child care center when children who are receiving child care

services are present. The bill also prohibits the use of vapor products in the indoor

locations and outdoor premises of a public or private elementary or secondary school

and in the indoor locations of a hospital. The bill defines a vapor product to be a

noncombustible product that contains a cartridge or container of nicotine or

flavoring and that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or

other means to produce vapor. The definition includes such products as electronic

cigarettes and electronic cigars.

The bill also provides, with an exception, that a city, village, town, or county

may not enact an ordinance that regulates the use of vapor products unless the

ordinance or policy strictly conforms to the prohibitions established in the bill. The

bill specifies that a city, village, town, or county may restrict or prohibit the use of

vapor products in the enclosed places of buildings in which it conducts the business

of the city, village, town, or county.

The bill also provides that the prohibitions in the bill do not prevent a person,

or his or her agent, from restricting, prohibiting, or allowing the use of vapor

products in the enclosed places, or anywhere on the premises, of a place of business

owned or operated by that person, except in those places in which the use of vapor

products is specifically prohibited under the bill.