Do smoking bans apply to e-cigarettes?

[KharmaTrain]

7. You'd Probably Not Even Know When Someone Is Vaping...

...I've been cigarette free for over 2 years with my handy-dandy E-Cig. I take it and use it everywhere and no one is the wiser. Except for the small amount of steam that looks like smoke, there's no smell. You're likely to get more "smoke" and "smell" coming from a steaming hot bowl of soup than someone puffing away on their E-cig. I've smoked my "cig" on airplanes...including on a crowded one with someone nearly sitting on my lap and she never noticed when I was taking a puff.

The "smoke" from an E-cig is vapor...a mixture of a vegetable-based liquid mixed with a small amount of nicotine. I gladly demonstrate the system to anyone whose interested. I've been especially happy with the response from non-smokers whose major objection has been the secondary smoke and smell...those are gone with an E-cig. I strongly encourage anyone whose looking to quit the "coffin nails" (I smoked for 35 years) and still enjoy the smoking sensation to look into this alternative.

As far as the "legislation"...this should be a private matter. It should be up to the property owner to determine if they want to permit or prohibit this device. I think big tobacco is threatened by these devices as they are proving to be effective in helping people quit. Also, they're getting more economical than smoking. With taxes included a pack of cigs can cost upwards of $8 or a carton for $70...while an E-cig can go for two weeks on $10 worth of VG base liquid.