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In reply to the discussion: Surprise opposition derails Emanuel’s e-cigarette ban [View all]Treant
(1,968 posts)We had a group of vapers (cousins all) together last Christmas and the only non-vaper in the room had no complaints at all.
The one smoker we forced outside. Nobody could stand the stench and frankly, it was giving me a headache.
Scent doesn't necessarily imply nasty chemicals, but the detailed air studies I've seen contain nothing that bothers me. They took already existing EPA limits for 8-hour continuous exposure five days a week, divided that by ten, and compared it. Almost nothing exceeded that (extremely conservative) limit, and the one thing that did (acrolein, I think) was just barely over the line of one-tenth allowable exposure.
So...OK with the EPA, but the FDA has a problem with it. The FDA also obtains funding from pharma companies that produce products that e-cigs cut into the profits of.