State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-District 21) is taking measures to improve the quality of health for Alabamians by prefiling Senate Bill 9 (SB9), which would ban vaping in all public indoor spaces.

If passed, SB9 would expand the current Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act to include electronic nicotine delivery systems—commonly known as e-cigarettes or vapes. The bill also proposes renaming the law the Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act.

The legislation would prohibit vaping in public areas such as restaurants, shopping malls, airports, government buildings, sports venues, and places of employment, mirroring existing restrictions on traditional cigarette smoking.

“That needs to be a priority of ours—to make sure the citizens know that when they’re going into a public place, they cannot vape

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