Posted on 03/05/2014 3:55:53 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the use of electronic cigarettes, popularly known as "vaping," from restaurants, bars, nightclubs and other public spaces within the nation's second-largest city.
If signed into law by Mayor Eric Garcetti, the measure would take effect in 30 days, said Tony Arranaga, spokesman for Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, one of the sponsors of the bill.
Los Angeles would join a growing list of cities, including New York and Chicago, that restrict the use of e-cigarettes, battery-powered cartridges filled with nicotine liquid that create an inhalable vapor when heated.
At stake is the future of an industry that some analysts believe will eventually overtake the $80 billion-a-year tobacco business.
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Nanny State PING!
...radical libtards....
If we can’t tax it, we’ll ban it, eh?
They just can’t stand for people to enjoy themselves.
Oh, I see. Even simulated smoking is banned because it kinds resembles real smoking. My head hurts.
Guess they’ll have to ban espresso machines as well - they emit a lot of water vapor too.
I don’t even think this is about the smoke. This is about Tobacco companies losing money. They have their lobbyists twisting arms and greasing palms.
In my opinion this is also about loss of tax from real cigs too.
I wouldn’t want irresponsible parents giving kids the idea that smoking these things is OK. They should just stick to pot like normal people.
I see what you did there.
Proof that it was never about public health, but simply the control. Soft drinks and junk food are next, the government wants their hands in that cookie jar so badly.
I am ashamed to admit that it actually is in the Union. Geez! What a bunch on maroons.
But it’s okay to smoke dope. Hypocrites all.
Put marijuana in it and there will be no problem, might even get a tax credit.
This is primarily about little gods exercising control over the masses. These arogant bastards want to micro-manage everything we do.
Isn’t smoking an e-cigarette kinda like humping a blow-up doll?
No, it’s kinda like tasting something good instead of combustion products from burning leaves and paper. It’s kinda like going around -not- reeking like a dirty ashtray.
Big Pharma, makers of smoking cessation aids, would like to see e-cigs go, too, I presume.
Don’t even think about using a simulated gun in protest...
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