Some D.C. lawmakers said the ban would benefit Black communities that use menthol cigarettes in higher numbers, but others worried of increased enforcement on those very communities.

D.C. has an adult smoking rate of 14.6 percent, though it’s higher for black and LGBT Washingtonians.

Businesses have popped up that ostensibly sell other things—juice, t-shirts, backpacks, art—and tack on a little nugget of appreciation, all claiming to be Initiative 71-compliant.

The District’s first vape store shut down, while others are expanding into glassware and Maryland.

You can’t vape anywhere that regular cigarettes are banned.

D.C. doesn’t know why.

No butts about it: You can’t smoke near playgrounds anymore, says D.C. Council.

The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would prohibit smoking in city parks and playgrounds, but Eleanor Holmes Norton says that wouldn’t go very far. And she’s right.

Swinging and smoking may soon be illegal.

According to a D.C. group, a number of hookah bars and a new cigar lounge are violating D.C.’s ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.