Video: Tupelo City Leaders Table E-Cig Ban

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TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) — They couldn’t come to an agreement.

Tupelo’s city council has not decided if they will include e-cigarettes as part of the city’s smoking ban. The city council met Tuesday evening, but decided after much discussion to table the issue.

While there has been support to include e-cigs in the ban, some council members want more time to study the effects of vaporized smokes. An electronic cigarette lobbyist presented his findings.

Mayor Shelton says there has been talk of a compromise.

“There likely will be a compromise that e cigarettes are included in existing smoking ban but an exception is made for the usage of e cigarettes and also tobacco products in tobacco shops and in the store itself that sells those e cigarette products,” says Mayor Shelton.

There is one vapor shop in Tupelo.

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