TABLE.
State laws prohibiting sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to minors and laws prohibiting conventional smoking and the use of ENDS in indoor areas of private worksites, restaurants, and bars — United States, November 30, 2014
| State | Effective date of law restricting ENDS sales to minors (minimum age allowed [yrs]) | State smoke-free law | Summary of laws enacted as of November 30, 2014 | |
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| Prohibits conventional smoking in worksites, restaurants, and bars (effective date) | Includes restriction on ENDS use (effective date) | |||
| Alabama | 8/1/2013 (19) | YA | ||
| Alaska | 8/22/2012 (19) | YA | ||
| Arizona | 9/13/2013 (18) | 5/1/2007 | No | YA/SF |
| Arkansas | 8/16/2013 (18) | YA | ||
| California | 9/27/2010 (18) | YA | ||
| Colorado | 3/25/2011 (18) | 7/1/2006 | No | YA/SF |
| Connecticut | 10/1/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Delaware | 6/12/2014 (18) | 12/1/2002 | No | YA/SF |
| District of Columbia | 1/1/2007 | No | SF | |
| Florida | 7/1/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Georgia | 7/1/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Hawaii | 6/27/2013 (18) | 11/16/2006 | No | YA/SF |
| Idaho | 7/1/2012 (18) | YA | ||
| Illinois | 1/1/2014 (18) | 1/1/2008 | No | YA/SF |
| Indiana | 7/1/2013 (18) | YA | ||
| Iowa | 7/1/2014 (18) | 7/1/2008 | No | YA/SF |
| Kansas | 7/1/2012 (18) | 7/1/2010 | No | YA/SF |
| Kentucky | 4/10/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Louisiana | 5/28/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Maine | 9/11/2009 | No | SF | |
| Maryland | 10/1/2012 (18) | 2/1/2008 | No | YA/SF |
| Massachusetts | 7/5/2004 | No | SF | |
| Michigan | 5/1/2010 | No | SF | |
| Minnesota | 8/1/2010 (18) | 10/1/2007 | No | YA/SF |
| Mississippi | 7/1/2013 (18) | YA | ||
| Missouri | 9/10/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Montana | 10/1/2009 | No | SF | |
| Nebraska | 4/9/2014 (18) | 6/1/2009 | No | YA/SF |
| Nevada | ||||
| New Hampshire | 7/31/2010 (18) | YA | ||
| New Jersey | 3/12/2010 (19) | 4/15/2006 | Yes (7/11/2010) | YA/SF/EF |
| New Mexico | 6/15/2007 | No | SF | |
| New York | 1/1/2013 (18) | 7/24/2003 | No | YA/SF |
| North Carolina | 8/1/2013 (18) | YA | ||
| North Dakota | 12/6/2012 | Yes (12/6/2012) | SF/EF | |
| Ohio | 8/2/2014 (18) | 12/7/2006 | No | YA/SF |
| Oklahoma | 11/1/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Oregon | 1/1/2009 | No | SF | |
| Pennsylvania | ||||
| Rhode Island | 6/30/2014 (18) | 3/1/2005 | No | YA/SF |
| South Carolina | 6/7/2013 (18) | YA | ||
| South Dakota | 7/1/2014 (18) | 11/10/2010 | No | YA/SF |
| Tennessee | 7/1/2011 (18) | YA | ||
| Texas | ||||
| Utah | 5/11/2010 (19) | 1/1/2009 | Yes (5/8/2012) | YA/SF/EF |
| Vermont | 7/1/2013 (18) | 7/1/2009 | No | YA/SF |
| Virginia | 7/1/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Washington | 7/28/2013 (18) | 12/8/2005 | No | YA/SF |
| West Virginia | 6/27/2014 (18) | YA | ||
| Wisconsin | 4/20/2012 (18) | 7/5/2010 | No | YA/SF |
| Wyoming | 3/13/2013 (18) | YA | ||
| Total | 40 | 27 | 3 | N/A |
Abbreviations: YA = youth access (state law prohibits sales of ENDS to minors); SF = smoke-free (state has a comprehensive smoke-free law that prohibits smoking in indoor areas of private worksites, restaurants, and bars; EF = ENDS-free (state law prohibits the use of ENDS in indoor areas of private worksites, restaurants, and bars).