The ban, which allows a one-year grace period for compliance, was proposed by the City of Dallas Environmental Commission and the Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability.

DALLAS - Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved an ordinance that would ban the use of electronic smoking devices in areas where smoking is already prohibited. The approved ordinance adds the vaping restriction to areas where smoking was previously banned: all indoor and enclosed spaces,

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday updated the city’s definition of smoking to include e-cigarettes, joining other Texas cities in restricting vaping.

The Dallas City Council passed a new policy banning electronic smoking devices across the city. It also added marijuana as part of its definition of "smoke or smoking."