Need to provide documentation for them to consider to let me use at work again.

[Chevyguy]

Well, I was using my pv at work for a while. Eventually there was an issue with one of the bosses. It went up to the health and safety departments... My shift said they didn't care if I used it, but first shift said no. (If it looks like smoke it is basically). So I was told that if I am caught using it again in the building, the punishment will be the same as if I was caught smoking a tobacco cigarette in the building (I believe first offense is a week suspension without pay). Management said that's how it is until further notice.

My committeeman told me to bring in documentation and the reason I am not allowed to use it is that they don't have enough information about it. If I could provide documentation, they may reconsider. Although it's a long shot and i'm not having high expectations, I plan on providing some info. I plan on a 2 part report. One part will be a source of information to show them that pv's are not included in the smoking ban in my state and that they will not be fined for allowing me to use it in the building (which is part of their concern), and the other part will deal with the ingredients, and the safety of those around me when I am using it.

If you have any good sources that make things sound good for us, but is also a respectable news source (can't be an article from like www.buyourelectroniccigarette.com). Let me know. Thanks. And if somehow I do end up winning this, it will be a huge victory for the vaping community as this is a very large corporation.

 

[K.P.]

One part will be a source of information to show them that pv's are not included in the smoking ban in my state...

And which state would that be?

 

[Chevyguy]

The State of ohio.

 

[_TJ_]

Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(A) “Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted smoking device for burning tobacco or any other plant. “Smoking” does not include the burning of incense in a religious ceremony.

I believe if you provide the information/demonstration that your PV does not do any of these, it could help.

 

[brandon555]

This is the reason that I stealth vape at work.

I don't want to deal with anyone's ignorance as to what an e-cig actually is.

 

[dawgcrazy]

This might be a good place to start.

 

[Chevyguy]

Decent article, but there is a link at the bottom that says removing your name from the sex offender list.

 

[dawgcrazy]

Decent article, but there is a link at the bottom that says removing your name from the sex offender list.

LOL! I didn't read past the article. You could just print the article ya know. Also, if you click on some of the links in the article, there are are a few more studies on down the page.

 

[SheerLuckHolmes]

Do a search on the ECF member 'Kristin'. She has done a great deal of research on E-cigs and written several articles chuck full of data about the lack of harm etc etc.

Also go to the CASAA web site. That site is full of documented information.

 

[cg5071]

i read your original post about this. so it didnt come out good. sorry. you are right though if you can show them it isnt smoking and they let you use it at work it will be a good thing for others. hope it works out but if not, you tried.

 

[bobtow]

I'll bet it is just trick by management who feel you will not be able to produce the documents. If you do produce proof of the safety of the product, they will ban it anyway because it looks like smoking, and they don't want to risk smokers joining in on the bandwagon.

 

[Vocalek]

This is a good one:

http://www.healthnz.co.nz/DublinEcigBenchtopHandout.pdf

Conclusion

Ruyan® V8 nicotine e-cigarette users do not inhale smoke or smoke toxicants. The modest reductions recommended in 2008 by WHO’s Tobacco Regulation committee for 9 major toxicants in cigarette smoke, in line with Articles 9 and 10 of the FCTC (WHO Framework Convention Tobacco Control treaty), are already far exceeded by the Ruyan® e-cigarette, as it is free of all accompanying smoke toxicants. Absolute safety does not exist for any drug, but relative to lethal tobacco smoke emissions, Ruyan e-cigarette emissions appear to be several magnitudes safer. E-cigarettes are akin to a medicinal nicotine inhalator in safety, dose, and addiction potential.

E-cigarettes are cigarette substitutes.

Check out the list of lab reports on the CASAA Web site:

http://www.casaa.org/resources/lab.asp

 

[jamie]

Ecigarette mist harmless, inhaled or exhaled

Long-term effects of inhaled nicotine. [Life Sci. 1996] - PubMed result

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: Comparison of Carcinogen Levels Shows that Electronic Cigarettes are Much Safer Than Conventional Ones

Harm Reduction Journal | Abstract | Debunking the claim that abstinence is usually healthier for smokers than switching to a low-risk alternative, and other observations about anti-tobacco-harm-reduction arguments

http://www.aaphp.org/special/joelstobac/ecigcontext.pdf

 

[MichelleOhio]

Hi! I have found the following article regarding the ban...of course, I can't post the link to the article because I haven't made enough posts...but, it in the Columbus Dispatch from 6/13/09.

.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/06/13/ecigarettes.ART_ART_06-13-09_A1_8BE5S9S.html

The ban does not include e-cigarettes because they do not burn tobacco or any other plant, said Kristopher Weiss, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Health. Still, he said, "We don't see them here as a safe alternative to smoking."