Mountain View (CA) may ban outdoor smoking, don't know if e-cigarettes are included

[Bill Godshall]

Mountain View (CA) may ban smoking
Mountain View may ban smoking within 25 feet of restaurants, bars, other buildings « Business & Money « Peninsula Press

But cannot find proposed ordinance at City website City of Mountain View - City Council
It wasn't discussed at recent council meetings, and isn't on agenda for 1/3/12 meeting.

Note that other municipalities in Santa Clara County with recently enacted and proposed smoking bans are cited in news article.

Mountain View’s latest proposal gained momentum after the county (Santa Clara) received a $6.9 million federal grant to reduce second-hand smoke exposure of residents. That money has been distributed to cities.

Appears to be another CDC grant similar to the ones given to other state/local governments that proposed ordinances/regulations to ban/restrict use/sales of e-cigarettes/dissolvables and/or ban smokeless tobacco use.

 

[Placebo Effect]

I tried to call the City Clerk to get a copy and, lo and and behold, Mountain View City Hall employees are off from work until January 2nd.

If someone (Jacinda?) wants to mark their calendar, the number of the City Clerk is here -- City of Mountain View - City Clerk's Office

 

[DC2]

Why are all these attempted bans taking place in Northern California, so very near San Francisco?

I live down in San Diego, and San Francisco is about a six or seven hour drive from me.
If they tried to pull this crap where I live I would be up in their faces.

 

[Vocalek]

Irony alert:

Mountain View’s latest proposal gained momentum after the county (Santa Clara) received a $6.9 million federal grant to reduce second-hand smoke exposure of residents. That money has been distributed to cities.

If Mountain View uses this money to limit the use of e-cigarettes, they will be working to prevent the reduction of SHS exposure. Anyone exhaling vapor is not exhaling smoke.

 

[sqirl1]

Irony alert:



If Mountain View uses this money to limit the use of e-cigarettes, they will be working to prevent the reduction of SHS exposure. Anyone exhaling vapor is not exhaling smoke.

durrrrrr bu we dunno wats in teh vapor nicotine cud cauze sum1 2 have a heart attak jist by bein expozed 2 a little bit so we cant have no1 exhaling no nicotine in this place durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Vocalek]

Shouldn't that be "duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"?

 

[sqirl1]

Shouldn't that be "duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"?

me not need be correct in spelling grammar because i know everything and i am such expert me seek out drug pushers like you because nicotine is deadly drug .... lol you adict who like get children addicted now me copy paste from article and act like me say it you drug pusher never know because i smart lol

 

[Retriever]

Just another municipality trying to tell us how to live out lives. It is just infuriating! I always tell folks who are glad about government limiting out rights that their favorite vice will be on the radar some day! Smoking smells nasty to me now that I vape, but I still stick up for smoker's rights.

 

[Vocalek]

me not need be correct in spelling grammar because i know everything and i am such expert me seek out drug pushers like you because nicotine is deadly drug .... lol you adict who like get children addicted now me copy paste from article and act like me say it you drug pusher never know because i smart lol

Reminds me of an Arcade game where, when you "got killed", a robotic voice laughed, "Heh, Heh, Heh. Space Cadet!"

 

[tommy2bad]

me not need be correct in spelling grammar because i know everything and i am such expert me seek out drug pushers like you because nicotine is deadly drug .... lol you adict who like get children addicted now me copy paste from article and act like me say it you drug pusher never know because i smart lol

OMG he's channeling Eletricman

 

[rothenbj]

OMG he's channeling Eletricman

A like wasn't good enough for that comment, it got a belly laugh out of me.

 

[sqirl1]

Reminds me of an Arcade game where, when you "got killed", a robotic voice laughed, "Heh, Heh, Heh. Space Cadet!"

you wouldn't be talking about this one would you? All Your Base Are Belong To Us (Original) - YouTube

 

[sawitall]

these smoking bans are a joke...not only costing tons of money but its going to be an epic fail. man these politicians have a way of spending money similar to someone leaving the bathtub running on the titanic. how does it cost millions of dollars in grant money to make it happen? smoke patrol? signs shouldn't cost that much. oh yeah...buying people

 

[FAAmecanic]

LOL..this comming from the same state that just recently legalized the "medicinal" use of a green leafy substance. CA... land of fruits and nuts (this statement not meant to offend the 10 normal people that live in CA like I did at one time).

Bottom line is they havent figured out how to tax the he11 out of it.... as soon as they figure this out it will be OK (even if there still isnt massive scientific studies done on vaping yet...as long as they can tax it).

 

[Retriever]

I was listening to a story on the occupy movement and I thought to myself - Why don't we have vape-ins? We could select locations that would draw media attention and get a group of vapers to attend. It would be great.

 

[Vocalek]

OMG he's channeling Eletricman

Stop! You make me choke up!

 

[DC2]

I was listening to a story on the occupy movement and I thought to myself - Why don't we have vape-ins? We could select locations that would draw media attention and get a group of vapers to attend. It would be great.

And here you go: National Vaping Day