CA: Bill introduced to legally equate e-cigs to cigarettes.

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. And multiple studies failed to find ANYTHING harmful to bystanders from the exhaled vapor.

First off, the actual toxic and carcinogenic materials associated with smoking are produced by combustion, and are not present in e-cig vapor.

The very large majority of nicotine produced is absorbed by the smoker. the trace amounts exhaled are in such small quantity that they were undetectible in controlled experimental conditions with normal amounts of smoking. If one were to inhale all of an e-cig smoker's exhalation, after about 300 puffs (!), you'd have roughly the equivalent of one low-dosage stick of nicotine gum. You might get that much nicotine in a room packed full of e-cig smokers in about half an hour...maybe.

Legislators panicking and acting in utter ignorance of what they're passing laws about...gosh, what a surprise.