CA: Bill introduced to legally equate e-cigs to cigarettes. [View all]

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California: Attempt to Add E-Cigarettes to "Smoking" Ban -- SB 648

If enacted, this bill would:
Ban the use of vapor products wherever smoking is banned. Among those provisions most likely to impact users are those that would:

Permit landlords to ban e-cigarette use in private homes. (Section 2)
Ban e-cigarette use inside or within 20 feet of any public building or in a vehicle owned by the state. (Section 5)
Ban e-cigarette use in hospitals and medical facilities, except in specifically defined rooms where smoking is allowed (Sections 7 and 8)
Declares that the use of electronic cigarettes “is a hazard to the health of the general public,” and would include e-cigarettes in all future smoking bans passed in California. (Section 14)
Ban e-cigarette use in workplaces. Violations would be punishable by fines of $100, $200, and $500. (Section 15)
Ban e-cigarette use in railroads and air carriers. (Section 16)


Here's a link to the actual bill:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_648_bill_20130222_introduced.html

ETA: Last time I was on Amtrak or an airline we passengers were scolded that all the no-smoking rules included e-cigs.