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Health Department launches e-cigarette education as ordinance treats e-cigarettes like cigarettes
Summary
Following the Board of Supervisors' ordinance equating e-cigarettes with cigarettes in many settings (Health Code section 19), the Department of Public Health described an educational push for retailers and the public funded by tobacco settlement funds; staff said the $115,000 campaign will use transit ads, fact sheets, and outreach to schools and agencies.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health outlined an education and implementation effort for Health Code section 19, which treats electronic cigarettes in the same manner as combustible tobacco for permitting and use restrictions.
Derek Smith of the Tobacco Free Project told the commission the department's role is to inform the public and retailers about the new regulation and to support enforcement by Environmental Health. Smith said outreach has included mailings to tobacco retailers and e-cigarette-only shops, fact sheets for transit and…
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