During their regular meeting Tuesday evening, Allegheny County Council voted in favor to ban the use of e-cigarettes everywhere regular cigarettes are not allowed. 

The council members voted 8-5, with two members abstaining, to ban vaping in public places such as health-related properties, indoor workplaces, restaurants, schools, sports facilities, and transit stations. That proposal was crafted and recommended by the county health department in fall 2016. 

Allegheny County Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to pass the county’s $880.3 million 2017 Comprehensive Fiscal Plan. 

The 2017 budget calls for no tax or millage increases and does not include any one-time revenues for the fifth consecutive year.