By: Allison Kronberg
Minnesota could start treating e-cigarettes just like regular cigarettes.
Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, proposed a bill Friday to include e-cigarettes in the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, which she authored in 1975, that would ban their use indoors.
She said she’s proposing the bill because the health effects of e-cigarettes are unclear, the smokeless alternative can appeal to young people and it would make the law consistent.
“The same controls that apply to smoking regular cigarettes would apply to smoking e-cigarettes,” Kahn said.