An Oklahoma Senator has filed a bill that would ban vaping in schools across the Sooner State.
As KOSU reports, Senator J.J. Dossett has proposed a law to ban all vaping products in schools. The ban would include non-combustible devices and cartridges, regardless of whether they contain nicotine.
Oklahoma currently has a law called the Tobacco-Free Schools Act, which bans tobacco products for public and private school buildings and vehicles. This law would fold into that current legislation, but extend the ban to vaping products.
Oklahoma, like most of America, has seen an increase in vaping in recent years. In 2017, 17 percent of Oklahoma high school students used e-cigarettes—that’s higher than the national rate of just over 13 percent.
Senator J.J. Dossett, the lawmaker who proposed the band, represents Stillwater, home to Oklahoma State University and one of the state’s main educational centers.