--- title: Toronto Bans E-Cigarettes From Work Places, Rob Ford Votes Against Ban description: Mayor Rob Ford reportedly voted against the ban canonical: https://time.com/3174719/toronto-e-cigarette-ban-workplace/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-25T16:10:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:50:21.599Z article:section: Health og:title: Toronto Bans E-Cigarettes From City Workplaces og:description: Mayor Rob Ford reportedly voted against the ban og:url: https://time.com/3174719/toronto-e-cigarette-ban-workplace/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf47d77b4cce5d9/6986832be8524b1b536018fb/ecigarette-france.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: An e-cigarette on March 05, 2013 in Paris. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Toronto Bans E-Cigarettes From City Workplaces twitter:description: Mayor Rob Ford reportedly voted against the ban twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf47d77b4cce5d9/6986832be8524b1b536018fb/ecigarette-france.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Toronto Bans E-Cigarettes From City Workplaces > Sponsored content. 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Kenzo Tribouillard—AFP/Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Aug 25, 2014 4:10 PM UTC The Toronto City Council[ voted](http://www.cp24.com/news/council-kicks-off-final-meeting-by-banning-e-cigarettes-at-city-work-spaces-1.1974794) 36-2 in favor of banning e-cigarettes from all city workplaces on Monday. According to a Toronto Sun reporter, Mayor Rob Ford was one of the two votes against the ban. > [](https://twitter.com/reporterdonpeat/status/503914948712738816) The vote was part of a marathon session for the city council which could last several days and will address some 400 items from e-cigarettes to traffic lights. Toronto is not the first major city in North America to issue a prohibition on e-cigarettes. In March, Los Angeles became the third city after New York and Chicago to[ outlaw e-cigarettes at the office](http://time.com/12602/los-angeles-extends-smoking-ban-to-e-cigs/), and Philadelphia [followed soon after](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/E-Cigarette-Ban-Philly-252610201.html). But the L.A. ban extended further than city workplaces with bans in place for bars, restaurants, and parks. In New York, e-cigarette smokers cannot vape anywhere where conventional smoking is also banned, and in Chicago, there’s an[ indoor smoking ban](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-04-29/news/chi-chicago-indoor-ecigarette-smoking-ban-takes-effect-today-20140428%5F1%5Feffect-today-indoor-public-places-ban) in place. Smaller cities have also taken up the issue, and it’s expected that more cities will consider similar bans. Health Canada, the government’s public health department, advised Canadians not to buy e-cigarettes as long ago as 2009, [CTV News reports](http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-headlines/e-cigarettes-in-regulatory-grey-zone-are-they-banned-or-aren-t-they-1.1786365), but there are no formal prohibitions on the sale of e-cigarettes unless they are “expressly intended” for nicotine delivery. That allows many retailers to circumvent a crackdown by regulators. Earlier this year, the FDA said it would [increase its regulation](http://time.com/75312/fda-e-cigarettes/) over e-cigarettes, and on Sunday night, the American Heart Association [called for stricter oversight](http://time.com/3173827/e-cigs-heart-group/), especially when it comes to marketing to kids. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3174719/toronto-e-cigarette-ban-workplace/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3174719/toronto-e-cigarette-ban-workplace/"},"headline":"Toronto Bans E-Cigarettes From City Workplaces","datePublished":"2014-08-25T16:10:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:50:21.599Z","description":"Mayor Rob Ford reportedly voted against the ban","url":"https://time.com/3174719/toronto-e-cigarette-ban-workplace/","keywords":["E-Cigarettes","Cigarettes","Cancer","tobacco","Rob Ford","Toronto","Ban","e-cigs"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf47d77b4cce5d9/6986832be8524b1b536018fb/ecigarette-france.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf47d77b4cce5d9/6986832be8524b1b536018fb/ecigarette-france.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An e-cigarette on March 05, 2013 in Paris.","caption":"An e-cigarette on March 05, 2013 in Paris.","creditText":"Kenzo Tribouillard—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/e-cigarettes/","name":"E-Cigarettes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3174719/toronto-e-cigarette-ban-workplace/","name":"Toronto Bans E-Cigarettes From City Workplaces"}}]}] ```