Do smoking bans apply to e-cigarettes?

[pnwmom]

286. Of course it's regulated. Just because the products are sold over the counter

don't mean they're not regulated. Antihistamines are also sold over the counter AND they're regulated.

Here's the link, but I'm not going to post it again. And since this seems so unlikely to you, let me explain it. The reason this attorney is making this argument is because he's trying to get them to put nicotine in the same category as tobacco products, which are allowed to be sold even though they are without benefit and inherently safe.


http://www.njgasp.org/NPR_ecigs_08-05-09.pdf

The industry has sued the FDA, claiming it should not be regulated like a drug.

Walt Linscott, an attorney for Smoking Everywhere — one of two major importers of electronic cigarettes, cigars and pipes — says the e-cigarette is a tobacco product. And it should be regulated as such.


"It is a cigarette, and cigarettes inherent by their design and nature are not safe," Linscott says.


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Also, did you know that at one point some company tried to sell "nicotine water"? And the FDA stopped them because they can and do regulate nicotine.

http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press_releases/post/id_0517

Jul. 2 2002
Washington, DC — Today's decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop the sale of "nicotine water" recognizes that nicotine is a dangerous and powerfully addictive drug that should be regulated to protect consumers.