I'll update this thread with any response I get, but what do you think of the letter?
The main reason I wrote it was I have a friend with asthma who is VERY interested in trying the ecig if they work for me -- but she has a three year old daughter. She is terrified that if she were to use it in her vehicle with her child in the car that she could get a huge fine by a cop under the Arkansas law which prohibits smoking in a vehicle with a child under a certain age.
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Greetings!
I have been a tobacco smoker for the last eight years. I have tried several methods to quit and have not yet been able to stay away from smoking tobacco, until now. I purchased a device that I have seen called an "electronic nicotine inhaler", "personal nicotine vaporizer", or "electronic cigarette". And I have not smoked a tobacco cigarette since first using it.
These devices are composed of a battery, an atomizer with a heating element, and a cartridge filled with a liquid containing flavoring, vegetable glycerin and/or propylene glycol (both used as food additives), and varying levels of nicotine. When in use, the atomizer draws an amount of the liquid close to the heating element, and the liquid vaporizes.
The person inhales this nicotine-containing vapor to replace the nicotine they would otherwise obtain from smoking a tobacco cigarette. Since the liquid never reaches combustion temperature, the person and those around them are not exposed to toxic products of combustion. The user exhales a vapor, which dissipates in the air in 5-10 seconds. The reason for the device generating a visible vapor is completely cosmetic -- so the user feels more like they are smoking a cigarette and exhaling smoke, and the amount of the visible vapor can be increased by adding more vegetable glycerin to the mixture. This vapor is similar to the "fake smoke" used in film production.
Obviously it would be better for no one to use nicotine at all. But I know I feel better using this device -- my lung function has improved, I no longer smell like smoke, and the people around me are no longer exposed to dangerous carcinogens.
My question, however, is whether the use of these devices in establishments that currently bar smoking under the new state laws would be legal. Currently I have only used them in establishments where smoking tobacco was allowed, but I have had many questions asked of me about their legality in non-smoking establishments. Also, I have friends who have small children who are interested in purchasing such a device, but wonder if it would be legal for them to use them with their children in their vehicle.
Has your office made any ruling at this time as to the legality of use of electronic cigarettes under the Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act or other applicable laws?
Thank you,
Moriah
The main reason I wrote it was I have a friend with asthma who is VERY interested in trying the ecig if they work for me -- but she has a three year old daughter. She is terrified that if she were to use it in her vehicle with her child in the car that she could get a huge fine by a cop under the Arkansas law which prohibits smoking in a vehicle with a child under a certain age.
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Greetings!
I have been a tobacco smoker for the last eight years. I have tried several methods to quit and have not yet been able to stay away from smoking tobacco, until now. I purchased a device that I have seen called an "electronic nicotine inhaler", "personal nicotine vaporizer", or "electronic cigarette". And I have not smoked a tobacco cigarette since first using it.
These devices are composed of a battery, an atomizer with a heating element, and a cartridge filled with a liquid containing flavoring, vegetable glycerin and/or propylene glycol (both used as food additives), and varying levels of nicotine. When in use, the atomizer draws an amount of the liquid close to the heating element, and the liquid vaporizes.
The person inhales this nicotine-containing vapor to replace the nicotine they would otherwise obtain from smoking a tobacco cigarette. Since the liquid never reaches combustion temperature, the person and those around them are not exposed to toxic products of combustion. The user exhales a vapor, which dissipates in the air in 5-10 seconds. The reason for the device generating a visible vapor is completely cosmetic -- so the user feels more like they are smoking a cigarette and exhaling smoke, and the amount of the visible vapor can be increased by adding more vegetable glycerin to the mixture. This vapor is similar to the "fake smoke" used in film production.
Obviously it would be better for no one to use nicotine at all. But I know I feel better using this device -- my lung function has improved, I no longer smell like smoke, and the people around me are no longer exposed to dangerous carcinogens.
My question, however, is whether the use of these devices in establishments that currently bar smoking under the new state laws would be legal. Currently I have only used them in establishments where smoking tobacco was allowed, but I have had many questions asked of me about their legality in non-smoking establishments. Also, I have friends who have small children who are interested in purchasing such a device, but wonder if it would be legal for them to use them with their children in their vehicle.
Has your office made any ruling at this time as to the legality of use of electronic cigarettes under the Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act or other applicable laws?
Thank you,
Moriah