New Jersey officials seek ban to smokeless cigarette devices

[Krakkan]

New Jersey officials seek ban to smokeless cigarette devices - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Latest News

 

[catwoman19]

New Jersey officials seek ban to smokeless cigarette devices - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Latest News

Well, there goes another one, who's next?

 

[SheerLuckHolmes]

This has to be BP and BT lobbying (giving $$ to lawmakers) to push this. I can't believe that all these law makers are becoming aware of e-cigs all at once and all going, "OMG, look at these evil things...I need to write a law to ban them."
Just too coinsidental.

(Mark Twain; Quote) "We have the best government that money can buy. Thank the lord we do not get as much as we pay for."

 

[Tom09]

New Jersey officials seek ban to smokeless cigarette devices - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Latest News

More detailed articles on the Paramus / Bergen County / NJ situation can be found here:


NorthJersey.com: Health board wants to stamp out e-cigs Wed Sep 23, 2009

[...]The Paramus Board of Health will soon be presented with a draft of an ordinance that would ban smoking electronic cigarettes in public indoor facilities and work places. [...]The ordinance, which is being drafted by Hopper with the help of Borough Attorney John Ten Hoeve, was presented to the rest of the board this past Monday, after press deadline. The board will likely vote on the ordinance at its next meeting Oct. 26.[...]

(also previous post by Lacy in the Campaign section, here)


NorthJersey.com: Officials target electronic smoking devices Sun Sep 27, 2009

[...] Paramus health officials said they are alarmed by reports of people using electronic cigarettes at Westfield Garden State Plaza and are considering a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in indoor public places or work environments, just like regular cigarettes. It would be one of the first bans of its kind in the country.
"The safety of these things cannot be assured," said Paramus Health Department Director John Hopper. "Our concern is the effect to the non-smoking public who may be breathing the vapors of these things — because they do give off vapors — in public places."
Paramus has always been a trendsetter in anti-smoking laws, partly because the borough is one of the largest retail centers in the country, Hopper said. He added that Paramus was among the first municipalities to ban the sale of cigarettes from vending machines and from self-service cigarette displays. [...]
Other North Jersey health officials said they will closely follow what happens in Paramus. [...]
If successful, the bans would follow an indoor ban passed in Suffolk County, N.Y., in August. Other electronic cigarette restrictions are under consideration in Connecticut, California and Oregon.[...]

Edit: Ugh, just saw here http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...news-spread-more-fear-tonight.html]ECF thread that local TV chimed in, too

[...]The Bergen County freeholder board and Borough of Paramus are drafting one of the nation's first bans on indoor use of e-cigarettes. In March of 2009 the Food & Drug Administration did some random sampling, which found some shocking results. "They found e-cigarettes contain proprelyne glycol which is basically the chemical used to make the smoke in this product," said Albert J. Ferrara of the New Jersey Health Department.[...]

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