7/25/13: MTA puts ban on electronic cigarettes
As of July 2013, the New York Metro-Transit Authority (MTA) has officially included electronic cigarettes in products that are banned from being used on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North trains. The use of lighted cigarettes, including e-cigarettes, is banned on outdoor ticketing, boarding or platform areas of a terminal or station. 21 NYCRR, Part 1097(o) in the Rules and Regulations of the LIRR states, “no person in a terminal, station or train shall: Burn a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco or any tobacco substitute on a train or in any indoor area within a terminal or station, or in an outdoor ticketing, boarding or platform area of a terminal or station.” Read a July 25, 2013 news article about the ban.
Since 2009, NJ has banned the use of electronic smoking devices in all public places and workplaces, including NJ Transit trains.
Last update: 7/30/13