Richland County leaders are considering new rules targeting where vaping and vape shops would be allowed, modernizing a long-standing non-smoking ordinance in the county and creating a new slate of rules for stores that sell vaping equipment and “alternative nicotine products.”
The new rules would align the county with existing restrictions in Columbia and Forest Acres, meant to block stores from clustering in the same areas, and keeping new stores away from schools and churches.
Richland County Councilwoman Tyra Little, who is leading the effort, said the proposed restrictions “lets us slow that proliferation while still respecting legitimate businesses.”…