Justin Wafer, 39, was smoking a pack a day last spring while working as a bartender in Portland, Oregon
While secondhand smoke exposure harms smokers, non-smokers and pollutes the air with deadly toxins, it not only adds to the growing burden of man-made environmental hazards but also gives way to innumerable health risks, potentially death
In nearby Maryland, state law prohibits the sale of flavored e-cigarettes but there is an exemption for menthol-flavored products
The health risks of smoking, on the other hand, are very well understood
City council members expressed full support of the measure, which would not need to go to voters to be enacted, at a work session on Tuesday