GSA Bans Vaping in Federal Buildings

[crxess]

Only reference I could find on e-cigs through GSA search

The U.S. Navy has announced that smoking will no longer be permitted below decks on its submarines, effective December 31, 2010. The policy was initiated to protect the health of nonsmoking sailors. The Navy offers smoking cessation programs and nicotine replacement therapy will be widely available on the submarines. Prescription drugs will be off-limits due to the potential to modify behavior patterns. Electronic cigarettes are not authorized.
The Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, has issued a memo alerting all Airmen about safety concerns regarding electronic cigarettes. The memo states that due to the nature, appearance and safety concerns of electronic cigarettes, they are considered to be in the same category as tobacco products, the use of which is governed by Air Force Instruction 40-102, tobacco Use in the Air Force. This product will be included in the upcoming revision of AFI 40-102 due out late 2010.

And how can a state deem e-cigs are Tobacco products? Even the FDA is on to other issues.(Menthol in cigarettes)

 

[Vapeman12]

I heard the FDA going to get a hold of all this e cigs, vaping stuff in October who knows what they will pass or end up coming up with.
I can see no smoking within 20 feet and I guess if you have the e cigs they look like your smoking if you do not pay attention that there is no cloud of smoke coming from the end of the cig. and big one no smell. so far the Vapor steam from anyone has not bothered me.

 

[tA71ana]

Only reference I could find on e-cigs through GSA search



And how can a state deem e-cigs are Tobacco products? Even the FDA is on to other issues.(Menthol in cigarettes)

Yes I heard about the menthol in cigarettes deal....now that is going to be an interesting show right there.
There are a lot of menthol vapers out there

 

[v1k1ng1001]

But I live in a blue state that loves to tell us what we can do with our lives.

Blue states don't have the exclusive monopoly on this kind of thing. I was told not to vape underneath a canopy at my university (UTX system) because, "the smoke might set the canopy on fire."

 

[SupplyDaddy]

And that is found where? in some of the juices or?

 

[Frankenmizer]

I work in a government office that shall remain nameless. I got an email this morning from a GSA building manager that states electronic cigarettes are treated like tobacco products and their use is not allowed inside federal buildings or within 20 feet of an entrance. He also claimed that the FDA has determined that electronic cigarettes contain cancer-causing nitrosamines and diethylene glycol.



Sent from my easy chair using brainwaves.

Don't mess with the Government..they have Revok..
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[Vapeman12]

Blue states don't have the exclusive monopoly on this kind of thing. I was told not to vape underneath a canopy at my university (UTX system) because, "the smoke might set the canopy on fire."

hummmmm

 

[soba1]

Big Brother is watching. Not a huge surprise. We are told what we can and can't eat and drink. Cameras on streets, traffic signals. Smoking bad. But heck, just lets let everyone get prescription drugs so we don't have to think about it all.

Oh my they want sheep....

 

[soba1]

I think the real danger in vaping is the di-hydrogen monoxide that they release. People die from that stuff everyday!

Facts About Dihydrogen Monoxide

N people die from gmo foods everyday, gun shot wounds everyday, drunk drivers everyday, obesity everyday.

 

[soba1]

So straight up stealth but do it out in the open. When you ghost hit it and absolutely no vapor comes out, ask them what right they have to tell you what you can and can not put to your lips...

Now young man independent thinking is against the law......
Stealt baby stealth if nothing comes out no offense.

 

[soba1]

LOL He he good one but Dihydrogen = H2, Monoxide = O so it's jusr H20 - water. Sure it's in our vape, and probably the stuff we are drinking too. Nice joke and, anyone that worries over that hoax is a bit chemistry illiterate - been around for a few years.

No they just like the tasted of doo doo flavored kool-aid

 

[TS12000]

Welcome to the nanny state, where if you do something they don't they'll tax it, restrict it, move you outside and out of sight, or ban it flat out. Maybe if everyone didn't have the HOA board member mentality and minded their own damn business...

 

[The Ocelot]

It's absolutely everywhere! It's in the juice, it's in the flavoring, it's even in what you inhale and exhale while your vaping!

You are getting more DHMO than you know!

Oh God! And if you get too much in your mouth or you inhale it...

 

[v1k1ng1001]

So straight up stealth but do it out in the open. When you ghost hit it and absolutely no vapor comes out, ask them what right they have to tell you what you can and can not put to your lips...

Yeah, I have a mini ego/mini tank with 100% pg for this.

 

[BlueMoods]

Forbid you inhale DHMO, I mean if you did, you may actually die from it - really just try it at the bottom of the swimming pool, those pools are absolutely full of the stuff.

 

[shakeytails]

Blue states don't have the exclusive monopoly on this kind of thing. I was told not to vape underneath a canopy at my university (UTX system) because, "the smoke might set the canopy on fire."

And the person that actually said this was smart enough to remember to breathe?

 

[v1k1ng1001]

And the person that actually said this was smart enough to remember to breathe?

I told him to call the campus police if he thought there was a problem and he walked back in. Nothing happened of course.

 

[Tvan]

I heard the FDA going to get a hold of all this e cigs, vaping stuff in October who knows what they will pass or end up coming up with.

If the FDA found it harmless. The "official report" for the public would say the results are inconclusive.

 

[Susiejo]

You would think that if it was going to kill us that that would make them happy, you know, The less of those "think for yourself" idiots for them to have to deal with. Here, want another?