Commission approves vaping on Sedgwick County property

[oplholik]

This has got to be a first.
Commission approves vaping on Sedgwick County property

 

[zoiDman]

This has got to be a first.
Commission approves vaping on Sedgwick County property

Wow... That must be a Mis-Print or something.

 

[oplholik]

Maybe it'll catch on, slowly but surely? I won't get my hopes up, but it is a start.

 

[nicnik]

This has got to be a first.
Commission approves vaping on Sedgwick County property

Unflavored would be allowed, but it's unclear to me if they're intending to allow flavored.

Sedgwick County Commissioner Jim Howell was appraoched by employees who want to be allowed to vape at work, so he started working on this, and researching for a year. He doesn't smoke or vape. Some good quotes from him in this article:

Sedgwick County to allow vaping inside public buildings

"With literally millions of people dying over a 10-year period of cigarettes, there's not been a single person who's died of using e-cigarettes in that group that we can find"

"There's a lot of bias," he said. "The doctors are biased. The pharmaceutical companies are biased. The tobacco companies are biased... I'm not biased. I'm looking at the data as base I can find it and my opinion is, these actually are saving lives more than they are hurting lives."

Another good article:
Sedgwick County Commission OKs 'vape' policy for workers, public

 

[Lessifer]

"employees and customers can use unflavored e-cigarettes." Not a total win, but it's a start.

 

[Glinda]

In of all places- Kansas! I'm pleasantly surprised. Way to go, Wichita!

 

[nelsonm64]

awesome! finally an official that's on the right side. good job!

 

[jwbnyc]

That's great!

Now, how long before he gets slapped down?

Any bets?

 

[VNeil]

Jim Howell for President!!

 

[nomore stinkies]

Dorothy and Toto live in Kansas. Is this real?