Wisconsin tobacco and nicotine bills

What it would do: Creates an exemption from the public smoking ban for tobacco bars that came into existence on or after June 4, 2009, allow only cigar and pipe smoking, are not retail food establishments, display required notices, prohibit persons under 21, require employee acknowledgments, and demonstrate sufficient air filtration in license applications.

What it would do: Amends the definition of electronic vaping device in Wisconsin statute 995.15 to reference the definition in section 134.65 (1a) (b) and provides a detailed definition including components, parts, accessories, and nicotine-containing liquids, while excluding batteries, chargers, and FDA-authorized drugs or devices.

What it would do: Expands Wisconsin's indoor smoking ban to include electronic delivery devices and defines smoking to encompass inhaling, exhaling, or carrying lighted products containing nicotine, tobacco, cannabis, hemp, or other inhalable substances, plus activated electronic delivery devices.

What it would do: Expands the definition of cigarettes to include tobacco heated without combustion, and imposes excise taxes on these heated tobacco cigarettes at rates of 63 or 126 mills per cigarette depending on weight, plus additional mills minus federal tax.

What it would do: Raises the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes, nicotine products, and tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old. Establishes 21 as the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of electronic vaping devices, and updates related penalties and enforcement provisions.

What it would do: Creates an exemption from the public smoking ban for tobacco bars that came into existence on or after June 4, 2009, allow only cigar and pipe smoking, and are not retail food establishments.

What it would do: Requires electronic vaping device manufacturers selling in Wisconsin to certify annually to the department that they comply with regulations, and adds a new category allowing hemp-derived electronic vaping devices without nicotine to be certified via independent laboratory analysis.