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E-Cig Ban Recieves First Reading

An indoor ban on electronic cigarettes was introduced at the Thursday meeting of the Lexington Urban County Council.

Similar to the city’s smoke-free ordinance, it would ban the use of e-cigs and similar nicotine delivery systems at the workplace and within public buildings. Although the measure faced some resistance in committee from "vaping shop" owners and e-cig users earlier this month, there was no opposition among the full council.  Since the council will be out for two weeks, the measure will measure will face a second reading and vote in mid-November. 

Chase Cavanaugh first got on the air as a volunteer reader for Central Kentucky Radio Eye, a local news service for the visually impaired. He began reporting for WUKY in February 2012, after receiving his Master’s degree from the University of Kentucky’s Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce.