Georgia's 2005 Smoke-Free Air Act says that people can't smoke indoors in many public places, although it excludes some places including tobacco stores, bars that only admit patrons older than 18, and privately owned convention rooms.
A Georgia bill that restricts vaping in public spaces has been given final passage on Tuesday.
"It puts vaping on the same status as smoking cigarettes," said House Public Health Committee Chairman Sharon Cooper, a Marietta Republican. "It doesn’t expand anything. It just says if you can’t smoke in an area, you can’t vape in an area."
A person who violates the law commits a misdemeanor and can be fined $100 to $500.
The state Department of Public Health is supporting the measure. In 2019, the department reported it had identified 42 cases of vaping-associated illness in Georgia, including six deaths.