Proposal would add e-cigarettes to Illinois smoking ban

Electronic cigarettes soon could be classified with tobacco products until a proposed smoking ban from an Illinois lawmaker.
A bill from state Rep. Kathleen Willis would put e-cigarettes under the same law that restricts smoking inside public places across the state. 
The Democrat from suburban Addison says she suspects the vapor from e-cigarettes will prove to be just as dangerous as secondhand smoke and wants Illinois to avoid repeating a mistake by waiting on a ban.
Scientific studies have not reached a consensus on the the long-term health risks of the use of e-cigarettes. The devices are marketed as a safer alternative to smoking and work by heating oil mixed with nicotine into an inhalable vapor.