NYC expands smoking ban to include e-cigarettes [View all]
Source: AP
Years after being exiled to New York City's sidewalks by a ban on smoking in indoor public places, some smokers relished electronic cigarettes as a way to come in from the cold.
Now they're down to their last few puffs after the City Council voted 43-8 Thursday to expand the ban to include the devices.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to sign the measure before leaving office in a few days. The ban would take effect in four months.
Also Thursday, the council paved the way for an eventual ban on plastic foam containers and approved the creation of a website that will help the public track federal dollars budgeted for Superstorm Sandy-related damages. The flurry of activity — more than two dozen introductions and resolutions were passed — came on the council's last legislative session of the year.
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