With the explosion in popularity of e-cigarettes, cities, restaurants, campuses, public transit organizations and many others are evaluating the product to see where it fits in smoking policies. For many, it's toeing the line. For example, New York City included e-cigarettes in its existing Smoke Free Air Act to ban them where smoking is prohibited. But on the opposite end, the University of California Irvine opted to allow e-cigarettes on campus, despite a campus-wide smoking ban being in place. So where does DART stand on the matter? After being researched by DART's legal counsel and police, the decision was made to include e-cigarettes in DART's existing smoking policy outlined in the Code of Conduct. The policy states:

Section 2.02. Prohibited Conduct and Enforcement. a. A person is prohibited from committing the following acts on a DART vehicle, DART facility, or DART property unless otherwise specified in this Section: 1. Smoke or expel the residue of any tobacco product including chewing tobacco on a DART vehicle or at a DART facility;

Translation: No smoking or spitting tobacco on DART vehicles or DART property, which includes train platforms, bus transit centers and bus stops. A deciding factor for DART was a U.S. Appeals Court ruling in 2010 determined that e-cigarettes were to be regulated as tobacco products. Have a question relating to DART? E-mail me to be included in the next Ask DART feature.

With the explosion in popularity of e-cigarettes, cities, restaurants, campuses, public transit organizations and many others are evaluating the product to see where it fits in smoking policies. For many, it's toeing the line. For example, New York City included e-cigarettes in its existing Smoke Free Air Act to ban them where smoking is prohibited. But on the opposite end, the University of California Irvine opted to allow e-cigarettes on campus, despite a campus-wide smoking ban being in place. So where does DART stand on the matter? After being researched by DART's legal counsel and police, the decision was made to include e-cigarettes in DART's existing smoking policy outlined in the Code of Conduct. The policy states:

Section 2.02. Prohibited Conduct and Enforcement. a. A person is prohibited from committing the following acts on a DART vehicle, DART facility, or DART property unless otherwise specified in this Section: 1. Smoke or expel the residue of any tobacco product including chewing tobacco on a DART vehicle or at a DART facility;

Translation: No smoking or spitting tobacco on DART vehicles or DART property, which includes train platforms, bus transit centers and bus stops. A deciding factor for DART was a U.S. Appeals Court ruling in 2010 determined that e-cigarettes were to be regulated as tobacco products. Have a question relating to DART? E-mail me to be included in the next Ask DART feature.

With the explosion in popularity of e-cigarettes, cities, restaurants, campuses, public transit organizations and many others are evaluating the product to see where it fits in smoking policies. For many, it's toeing the line. For example, New York City included e-cigarettes in its existing Smoke Free Air Act to ban them where smoking is prohibited. But on the opposite end, the University of California Irvine opted to allow e-cigarettes on campus, despite a campus-wide smoking ban being in place. So where does DART stand on the matter? After being researched by DART's legal counsel and police, the decision was made to include e-cigarettes in DART's existing smoking policy outlined in the Code of Conduct. The policy states:

Section 2.02. Prohibited Conduct and Enforcement. a. A person is prohibited from committing the following acts on a DART vehicle, DART facility, or DART property unless otherwise specified in this Section: 1. Smoke or expel the residue of any tobacco product including chewing tobacco on a DART vehicle or at a DART facility;

Translation: No smoking or spitting tobacco on DART vehicles or DART property, which includes train platforms, bus transit centers and bus stops. A deciding factor for DART was a U.S. Appeals Court ruling in 2010 determined that e-cigarettes were to be regulated as tobacco products. Have a question relating to DART? E-mail me to be included in the next Ask DART feature.