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4. As someone who quit a 33 year cigarette addiction with the ecig...

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 12:37 PM

Dec 2013

this annoys me! If the government is going to step in, it seems they should be encouraging the use of this product. I would still be on the tar and other crap of regular cigs if not for the ecig.
I realize I am biased, but I know what the ecig did for me, my husband and several other people I personally know. Being addicted to nicotine is not different than being addicted to caffeine.
I have loads to say on this, but I am not liking the attitude low level gov't is taking so far.
I have issues with people wearing perfume but I don't try to advocate banning it in any way.
I have a sneaking suspicion that big pharma is behind this. They want people taking the pills. patch or gum and not the ecig.
I also would like to see more study so that these officials can't go off making rules without some science behind it.

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NYC Council considers electronic cigarette ban [View all] onehandle Dec 2013 OP

So this is an ordinance aimed solely at "social acceptability"? frazzled Dec 2013 #1

banning smoking was always about social acceptability TorchTheWitch Dec 2013 #5

Apparently the NYC Council doesn't know the difference between smoke and vapor. tridim Dec 2013 #2

so it's all about social appearances ... Trajan Dec 2013 #3

As someone who quit a 33 year cigarette addiction with the ecig... logosoco Dec 2013 #4

they're doing it for big bucks from big tobacco TorchTheWitch Dec 2013 #6

Yeah, they are my #2 suspects! logosoco Dec 2013 #8

Here's The Thing... jayfish Dec 2013 #21

You need another vendor, see Aquavapor.com bitchkitty Dec 2013 #28

Yeah, you can buy... jayfish Dec 2013 #30

You sir, are exactly right. beevul Dec 2013 #34

Depends on the user Revanchist Dec 2013 #38

25 years here Treant Dec 2013 #11

25 Here As Well. jayfish Dec 2013 #22

Me too tavernier Dec 2013 #19

MAOI N/T beevul Dec 2013 #35

Interesting N/T tavernier Dec 2013 #37

This is a real overreach of the nanny state. They want to tell me that I can't put a metal stick Flatulo Dec 2013 #7

The Crusade Continues... jayfish Dec 2013 #9

Sorry, I'm too busy spraying compressed air around a crowded Starbucks. onehandle Dec 2013 #12

I'm more offended Treant Dec 2013 #13

Here's The Difference. jayfish Dec 2013 #23

translation: i got jack shit frylock Dec 2013 #24

Democrats should oppose this musiclawyer Dec 2013 #10

Not water vapor Treant Dec 2013 #14

Exhaled vapor contains ZERO nicotine... Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2013 #15

Regulations = Tyranny onehandle Dec 2013 #17

The jackass trying to ban stuff because he doesn't like it... Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2013 #18

No. Arbitrary and capricious regulations = Tyranny. beevul Dec 2013 #36

Quite possibly it's also about the lost taxes from ppl buying fewer packs of cigarettes. Demit Dec 2013 #16

Exactly! Michigan-Arizona Dec 2013 #26

�They�re clearly marketed to youth and children.� frylock Dec 2013 #20

You just can't win.. sendero Dec 2013 #25

Nitrosamines? Frank Cannon Dec 2013 #27

You're on a mission. bitchkitty Dec 2013 #29

There is a difference between smoke and vapor! LionsTigersRedWings Dec 2013 #31

"New York City - Don't make the same mistake that New Jersey did" jayfish Dec 2013 #32

If this keeps up I'm going to get a kit from SinCityMods Revanchist Dec 2013 #33