Posted on 11/30/2013 8:33:59 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
First the city banned smoking in most public places. Now it’s moving to snuff out the use of smokeless electronic cigarettes as well.
The City Council announced Wednesday that it will hold a hearing Wednesday on a bill prohibiting the use of the battery-operated, tobacco-free vaporizers in restaurants, offices, parks, beaches and other places where smoking regular cigarettes is not allowed.
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Nanny State PING!
Thanks for the ping!
They’re banning these because they look bad? Or are they just upset that the free market has found a way around they’re control?
Why don’t we just banned that dumbassed red cesspool of tyranny and stupidity known as the New York City Council, and get back to reality?
The Big Apple has now developed a major cancer and is slowly becoming the Bad Apple.
Hey, let’s sell fuming nicotine sticks. What could possibly go wrong?
I don’t think it’ll survive constitutional scrutiny in the courts - it ain’t smoking and does not pose a proven danger to anyone ...
bravo Sierra. They banned smoking in/on PRIVATE PROPERTY.
I am so damned sick and tired of this stupid lie that was perpetuated based upon another lie.
Where are all the people allergic to seafood or peanuts seeking to have those items banned from so called "public" places? They don't like the smell of cigars or cigarettes and so folks that aren't bothered or even actually enjoy it must be punished? And don't even bother thinking about the people who chose to cater to them in their businesses.
Sorry, but I'm sick of these people, and many of them are FReepers. They are no better than the gay activists or the race baiters they daily rail against.
All of this damage done based upon lies and selfishness. Disgusting, but "progressive."
Bite my A**, Go to he**. It’s water vapor with nicotine in it.
Maybe e-cig and cigarette smokers should just smoke weed.
Puritans are always deathly afraid someone, somewhere may be having fun without their permission.
When is New York City going to decide how many times I get to breathe a day? Do they have a list of banned food/drink so I know what can't be eaten and what can't be drunk?
Parts of California and New York City are foreign countries, along with Hussein being a foreign president.
Why?
Those second-hand nicotine vapors will kill you.
Prohibitionists are a twisted and evil breed.
How about when New Yorkers have smoke-looking breath when they are outside in the cold? That looks like they’re smoking! We need a ban on breathing where your breath is visible.
A few years ago, I had some Applebee’s manager say, “Well, I don’t know what it is, so it’s not allowed in this restaurant.”
“Liberalism is a mental disease.” —Michael Savage
nope, they'd rather have them smoke real cigs and pay the huge taxes instead of some fairly harmless make believe cigarette....
just like they WANT us to buy little electric cars, but not really, because now they want to change the way they collect taxes by charging us by the mile, not the gallon....
I hate being a little ant in this world...
They’ll regret this after FDA regulates them as a drug delivery device and a heavy tax is applied. Cities will be taxing them as a source of revenue in a few years.
Decades of hysteria over smoking have some people actually paranoid about cigarettes. Anything that resembles a cigarette — even if it’s just an unlit white plastic tube — freaks them out.
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