Bill would ban sale of flavored e-cigarettes

[Painter_]

http:// nydailynews.com/ blogs/dailypolitics/bill-ban-sale-flavored-e-cigarettes-blog-entry-1.1965179

Here you go, NYC Councilman Costa Constantinides will introduce legislation Tuesday to ban the fruity flavors, saying they entice kids to start puffing on the devices.

For the Kiddies.....

 

[roosterado]

Twitter - @Costa4NY and it's an active account. Ask him why he hates small business and loves Big tobacco.
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[DrMA]

Good heavens! I thought the NYC idiocy was going to end now that Bloomberg was knighted , but no, they keep pressing deeper into ridiculousness.

 

[Nate760]

Is the councilman prepared to offer, like, any shred of evidence that his concerns have a basis in reality?

 

[Kent C]

Good heavens! I thought the NYC idiocy was going to end now that Bloomberg was knighted , but no, they keep pressing deeper into ridiculousness.

Bloomberg was elected... QED

 

[Nate760]

tobacco/smoking/nicotine is literally the only area of public policy where one ignorant simpleton can invent some hypothetical fear off the top of his or her head, and it becomes (without ever being subjected to questioning or scrutiny) the basis for a piece of legislation that passes either unanimously or very close to it.

 

[AndriaD]

Twitter - @Costa4NY and it's an active account. Ask him why he hates small business and loves Big Tobacco.
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Heh heh heh.. I just tweeted him this:

And what about all that flavored vodka?? I guess that's marketed to kids too? GOTTA BAN IT! Because adults don't like flavor!

Andria

 

[Nate760]

And what about all that flavored vodka?? I guess that's marketed to kids too? GOTTA BAN IT! Because adults don't like flavor!

It would be more pertinent, not to mention far more damning, if you asked him where he misplaced his moral outrage over kid-friendly-flavored nicotine gum. If you think nicotine products with sweet/fruity flavors are expressly designed to lure young people into smoking, you don't get to pick and choose. It's either the devil or it isn't.

 

[AndriaD]

Well I have a hard time with twitter, it lets you use so few characters. It certainly wasn't made with blabbertypists in mind.

Andria

 

[skoony]

i am stupefied.
mike

 

[csardaz]

The New York City Council - File #: Int 0488-2014

§ 17-715 Sale of flavored tobacco products and flavored electronic cigarettes prohibited. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, or to possess with intent to sell or offer for sale, any flavored tobacco product or flavored electronic cigarette except in a tobacco bar.
b. There shall be a presumption that a retail dealer in possession of four or more flavored tobacco products, which shall include individual tobacco products or electronic cigarettes, packages of tobacco products or electronic cigarettes, or any combination thereof, possesses such tobacco products or electronic cigarettes with intent to sell or offer for sale.


Any Flavor. I wonder how "tobacco bar" is defined?

 

[Zanderist]

Just to chime in, this will probably pass no matter what effort is put to stop this bill it will still pass.

 

[TheProphet]

Loophole: Bill bans the sale of flavored e-cigs. That would outlaw things like these: https://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-16644-beamer-e-hooka-nicotine-free-ehookah.html


The liquid is not specified. The ecig in my pocket is not flavored. The juice, which is not mentioned in this bill, and is not a tobacco product either, is not outlawed.

 

[Lessifer]

I tweeted him too, just because this is ridiculous. I wonder how the folks at Blu, Fin, Haus feel about this...

 

[AndriaD]

I tweeted him too, just because this is ridiculous. I wonder how the folks at Blu, Fin, Haus feel about this...

I'm betting that if this bill does pass, they'll be raising hell in New York. And considering that those are owned by BT, they've got plenty of money for it.

Andria

 

[DaveP]

Not to mention candy that comes in flavors. It rots young teeth and kicks off a lifetime of sweet tooth that results in early onset type 2 diabetes. Why not nip it in the bud and take sugar out of everything?

Don't laugh. They banned super sized soft drinks for that reason, but left the Skittles alone.

 

[Nate760]

Don't laugh. They banned super sized soft drinks for that reason, but left the Skittles alone.

And, as anyone who's worked in fast food can tell you, you don't actually get more soda when you buy a super-size drink, you just get more ice.

 

[Stosh]

Good heavens! I thought the NYC idiocy was going to end now that Bloomberg was knighted , but no, they keep pressing deeper into ridiculousness.

The current administration makes Bloomberg look like a ultra right wing Tea Party Conservative.

You wouldn't think a more "nanny-stater" could get elected but it happened.

 

[Nate760]

The current administration makes Bloomberg look like a ultra right wing Tea Party Conservative.

You wouldn't think a more "nanny-stater" could get elected but it happened.

I still don't understand how a government as onerous as New York City's can continue to make itself yet more onerous and still withstand constitutional scrutiny.

 

[AndriaD]

I still don't understand how a government as onerous as New York City's can continue to make itself yet more onerous and still withstand constitutional scrutiny.

Heh... it's really no surprise to me that New Yorkers are typically stereotyped as "neurotic" -- you put that many people that close together, and they're bound to go crazy.

Andria