The agency has recommended the City expand the definition of smoking in the current bylaw so the use of e-cigarettes and "vaping" be covered under the same regulations as tobacco.

Dozens of business owners and former smokers are voicing their opposition to a law that would restrict the sales of e-cigarettes in Nova Scotia and ban their use in indoor public places.

The use of e-cigarettes would be banned from use in indoor public places under new legislation in Nova Scotia.