The City of Arlington is expanding its smoke-free ordinance to include vapes and e-cigarettes, according to a press release.<\/p>\n
City Council unanimously voted to approve and expand the smoke-free ordinance to include vaping devices in order to protect public health. \u00a0According to the American Heart Association, smoke and aerosol from e-cigarettes contain heavy metals and fine particles that can worsen heart and lung diseases. <\/p>\n
The American Heart Association says Arlington is among a growing number of Texas communities leading the way on clean indoor air protections for workers, families, and visitors. Over 90 Texas cities have adopted an expanded smoke-free ordinance, according to the release.<\/p>\n
\u201cArlington is proving that clean indoor air is a basic right\u2014not a luxury,\u201d said Alisa Sandmann, Community Advocacy Director for the American Heart Association. \u201cThis decision protects health today and sets a clear standard for cities across Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Expanding the ordinance is helping Arlington reduce exposure to harmful secondhand smoke and aerosol, the release states.<\/p>\n
According to the American Heart Association, tobacco use causes over 168,000 cardiovascular disease deaths each year, nationwide. Texas tobacco deaths take an estimated 28,000 lives per year, costing over $10.29 billion in healthcare expenses.<\/p>\n
The American Heart Association says research shows that smoke-free laws improve public health, leading to increased consumer traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Arlington is expanding its smoke-free ordinance to include vapes and e-cigarettes, according to a press…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13644,1674,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-264317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-american-heart-association","tag-city-of-arlington","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}