E cigarette ban on Capitol grounds

[RoseB]

Democrats Call for Ban on E-Cigarettes on Capitol | RealClearPolitics

Read this on the news this morning, and thought I'd share.

 

[Bill Godshall]

Their press release and letter
Members of Congress Call for Ban of E-Cigarettes on Capitol Grounds - Press Releases - Press Office - U.S. Senator .... Durbin

The first sentence of their press release says it all:

To ensure that visitors and staff are protected from the potential dangers posed by electronic cigarettes and their vapor, U.S. Senators .... Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and U.S. Representative Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) today called on the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Office Building Commission to include electronic cigarettes in existing prohibitions banning smoking in all public places on Capitol Grounds and within twenty-five feet from entrances.

The second paragraph reveals their true goal (FDA regulation) and repeats 5 year old FDA propaganda and lies.

Electronic cigarettes – or “e-cigarettes” – are not currently regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and no clinical studies have been submitted to the FDA to verify the safety or long-term health effects of these products or the vapor they release. An analysis of e-cigarettes conducted by the FDA in 2009 found the presence of carcinogens and toxic chemicals, and raised concerns regarding the safety of e-cigarettes, both for current users and for bystanders exposed to their vapor.

This is the second time Boxer has joined this group of e-cig prohibitionists.

 

[Jman8]

The second paragraph reveals their true goal (FDA regulation) and repeats 5 year old FDA propaganda and lies.

Worth emphasizing. Perhaps even as a poem of the dark variety. Hmmmm, let's call it:

Capitol Punishment

The second paragraph
reveals their
true goal

(((FDA regulation)))

and repeats
and repeats
and repeats

(((5 year old)))

FDA propaganda
and lies
and lies
and lies.

 

[RoseB]

Barbra Boxer...meh. I am sick of her. This entire thing is disgusting, and the republicans are to busy being tobacco lobbyists. Politicians