Ironically, the ALA's proposed outdoor smoking ordinance would ban e-cigarette usage at many outdoor locations, but it would NOT amend Chico's existing indoor smoking ban, which doesn't ban e-cigarette usage (so vapers would have to go inside to legally vape).
But since the ALA's proposal only bans outdoor usage of e-cigarettes that contain nicotine, the city would have a impossible task proving (in court) that any e-cigarette violators were actually inhaling nicotine.
Interestingly, the ALA's proposal would allow the burning of incense outdoors (but not vaping of nicotine containing e-cigs).
Here are ALA's newly proposed definitions of "Smoke" and "smoking" that defy the laws of chemistry and physics, as well as common sense.
"Smoke" means the gases, particles, or vapors released into the air as a result of combustion, electrical ignition or vaporization, when the apparent or usual purpose of the combustion, electrical ignition or vaporization is human inhalation of the byproducts, except when the combusting or vaporizing material contains no tobacco or nicotine and the purpose of inhalation is solely olfactory, such as, for example, smoke from incense. The term "Smoke" includes, but is not limited to, tobacco smoke, electronic cigarette vapors, and ......... smoke.
"Smoking" means engaging in an act that generates Smoke, such as for example: possessing a lighted pipe, lighted hookah pipe, operating an electronic cigarette, a lighted cigar, or a lighted cigarette of any kind; or; lighting or igniting of a pipe, cigar, hookah pipe, or cigarette of any kind.
