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Use of e-cigarettes now banned in all national parks
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| September 23, 2015 - 10:57amUpdated September 23, 2015 - 11:26pm
| By Faith Heaton Jolley
Posted on 09/24/2015 7:07:34 AM PDT by redreno
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To: Timber Rattler
So theyre effectively banning water vapor?There is no water in e cigs. Its propylene glycol, glycerin, flavoring, and various concentrations of nicotine.
Any water in that mix makes a distinct POPPING noise which is alarming.
And there is no carbon monoxide or polycyclic hydrocarbons to inhale and those are the most noxious agents in analog cigs. But there is little to no tax revenue from e cigs so they must be banned.
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posted on
09/24/2015 7:32:32 AM PDT
by
corkoman
To: DesertRhino
“So now, they are forbidding a fake version, or something that doesnt cause a problem anyway.”
People are quitting cigarettes for e-cigarettes, in droves. So if they don’t demonize the e-cig users too, they lose a scapegoat they spent a long time and a lot of money building up.
To: redreno
No vaping? Does this mean old faithful is put of buisness?
To: redreno
Headline:
"Use of e-cigarettes now banned in all national parks"
The article's first sentence:
The National Park Service announced Monday that the use of electronic cigarettes is now banned anywhere tobacco smoking is prohibited in the national parks.
Aren't there "smoking area"s in National Parks?
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posted on
09/24/2015 7:41:38 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: redreno
I feel so much safer now. :-)
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posted on
09/24/2015 7:41:44 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: redreno
Have to keep the ‘wrong sort’ of people out, right?
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posted on
09/24/2015 7:44:23 AM PDT
by
JJ_Folderol
(Just my opinion and only worth what you paid for it.)
To: lonevoice
e-cigarettes bad, abortion good
To: RFEngineer; All
Liberals and leftist tyrants hate freedom
This almost goes without saying, is axiomatic...do you want to dispute it? I think it is almost a given.
Now now....smoking/vaping is not freedom, and rules against smoking/vaping is not tyranny.
If smoking/vaping is not a manifestation of personal freedom, what would you call it?
If you want to smoke, then just do it. That is freedom. If you do it around folks who dont want you to because it bothers them and they toss you out of some place - that, too is freedom.
Let me change this sentence just a little...for example, if I say, 'If you want to be a Christian in a Muslim country, then just do it. That is freedom. If 7th-century barbarians want to behead you for it because it bothers them - that, too is freedom. Would you agree with this? Of course not!
If you want to light up in a room and expect to be protected - THAT is tyranny.
How, exactly, is this tyranny? Smoking is a perfectly legal activity, condoned by all the various states. Are you saying the normal protections afforded all Americans are somehow not applicable to someone indulging in a legal activity?
I think you smokers have it backwards. If you are afraid of breaking the rules, then you are your own problem.
What does this sentence even mean?
NOTE: I personally do NOT smoke.
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posted on
09/24/2015 8:02:03 AM PDT
by
notdownwidems
(Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
To: Pride in the USA
e-cigarettes bad, abortion goodWomen can do whatever they want with their own bodies, except when they can't.
To: RFEngineer
I once went into a restaurant in Kansas. It had two sections, one nonsmoking and another smoking.
The two sections were separate rooms. I walked through the nonsmoking section to get to the door of the smoking section. The smoking section had a ventilation system independent of any other part of the restaurant.
The place wasn’t crowded, only 6 or 8 people in the nonsmoking section. There were about 16 or so people in the smoking section.
My food had just arrived when a woman sat down and immediately began bitching and complaining about the smoke and smokers.
She continued to complain the entire time I was there.
You remind me of that woman.
Have a nice day.
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posted on
09/24/2015 8:24:14 AM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(I stand with George Mason: the people first, the states second, the federal government last.)
To: redreno
Good thing the government does banned important things like guns on National Parks!!!! , ..... what's that.... really?... take that back
To: redreno
Smoking represents some sort of liberty thing to the government with people doing the thing that government has tole them they shouldn’t. Therefore everything that looks like smoking must be ruthlessly suppressed. Soon chewing on a pencil must be banned on all federal and most city property.
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posted on
09/24/2015 8:28:11 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(It's true.)
To: RFEngineer
Than you support a bar being able to put a sign on the door saying “We Allow Smoking in This Establishment”? Then you are free to enter or not of your own choice.
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posted on
09/24/2015 8:29:17 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: redreno
Someone better tell Mother Gaia that she's violating Federal Law.
![](http://sites.naturalsciences.org/education/Yellowstone/2008/images/020C_Upper%20Geyser%20Basin.jpg)
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posted on
09/24/2015 8:34:54 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
To: DesertRhino
“Second hand smoke doesnt even cause cancer. They played with the stats here to suit their agenda. Even the WHO from the UN doesnt call it a carcinogen.
So now, they are forbidding a fake version, or something that doesnt cause a problem anyway.”
__________
Precisely. Additionally, the govt fears loss of revenue if people switch from cigarettes to e-cigs. So they are using the same lie to muscle e-cig makers they way they muscled “Big tobacco”. Heck, if the govt wanted to stop citizens from dying, they would ban tobacco outright. Nope, it’s a false argument to make money...”It might kill you, but give me 25 cents a smoke and I’ll let you”
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posted on
09/24/2015 9:07:40 AM PDT
by
LucienCA13
(sorry if you are microaggrieved)
To: DesertRhino
now wait a minute,didn’t second hand smoke kill off all the dinosaurs?
To: Pride in the USA
You could probably even get an abortion in a national park.
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posted on
09/24/2015 11:02:14 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Life is short. Make fun of it.)
To: Pride in the USA
From the article:
"Outdoor smoking bans in parks can at least somewhat be justified by the risk of fires, but vapor products pose no more of a fire risk than a cellphone battery," Conley told U.S. News. "This behavior is shameful and any enforcement of the ban will constitute a great misuse of government resources. The National Park Service should leave ex-smokers alone and let them camp and hike in peace."
Amen.
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posted on
09/24/2015 11:05:26 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Life is short. Make fun of it.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
To: redreno
Marijuana smoke, by contrast, is not only tolerated but welcomed.
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