Utah: Senate Panel Advances Bill Banning Hookahs and Electronic Cigarettes in Public Places

The Senate panel moves bill HB245 forward, including Hookahs and Electronic Cigarettes in the Utah Clean Air Act on Monday.

The bill bans hookahs and electronic cigarettes from public places and excludes hookah bars and electronic cigarette shops for 5 years where the bill will re-evaluate the bills stance on hookah bars and electronic cigarette shops.

I find the of Michael Siler, government relations director for the Utah chapter of the American Cancer Society.  He was against the bill.  But not because he was for hookahs or electronic cigarettes.  but because he was against the exemption.

“This is bad policy,” he said.

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