Including electronic cigarettes in the City's current smoking prohibition follows the lead of other Kansas cities: Olathe, Overland Park, McPherson, and Kansas City which added e-cigarettes to their anti-smoking ordinances. The amendments  to the ordinance include the following:

(1) Define ‘electronic cigarette’;

(2) Redefine ‘smoking’ to include electronic cigarettes;

(3) Create an exemption – similar to the exemption for tobacco stores - for Retail businesses that sell electronic cigarettes (e.g. ‘vape’ shops); and

(4) Require businesses to post signs that prohibit smoking, including electronic cigarettes.