{"id":1312030,"date":"2019-07-02T12:34:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T18:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=982822"},"modified":"2019-07-02T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T18:34:38","slug":"colorado-begins-state-ban-on-vaping-in-most-public-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorado-begins-state-ban-on-vaping-in-most-public-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado begins state ban on vaping in most public places"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/vaping-banned.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/vaping-banned.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/vaping-banned-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/vaping-banned-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption><strong>shutterstock.com<\/strong><br \/><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A law against public vaping has taken effect across Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The Durango Herald&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/durangoherald.com\/articles\/283773-vaping-laws-take-effect-monday-across-colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;the new state law beginning Monday prohibits vaping in most public places, including bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, authorities can fine the owner, manager or operator of a business where illegal vaping occurs, while individual vaping in a prohibited area can also result in a fine.<\/p>\n<p>Vaping is inhaling vapor from an electronic cigarette or other device that typically heats a flavored nicotine solution.<\/p>\n<p>The law passed this year by the state Legislature updates the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act.<\/p>\n<p>State health officials say the rule is intended to protect residents from secondhand vape aerosol, but may also discourage vaping among young people.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say studies established that people can consume nicotine from secondhand aerosol.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Information from: Durango Herald,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.durangoherald.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/colorado-begins-state-ban-on-vaping-in-most-public-places\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>shutterstock.com A law against public vaping has taken effect across Colorado. The Durango Herald&nbsp;reports&nbsp;the new state law beginning Monday prohibits vaping in most public places, including bars and restaurants. Under the law, authorities can fine the owner, manager or operator of a business where illegal vaping occurs, while individual vaping in a prohibited area can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 22:58:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}