New York City health commissioner can't distinguish between e-cig & tobacco cig

[Gato del Jugo]

"Dr. Thomas Farley, the New York City health commissioner under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, says allowing electronic cigarettes in bars and restaurants would undermine existing bans on tobacco-based products.

'Imagine for a moment you're at a bar and there are 20 people who are puffing on something that looks like a cigarette and then somebody smells something that smells like tobacco smoke," Farley says. "How's the bartender going to know who to tap on the shoulder and say, 'Put that out'?"

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Seems like the more desperate they get, the more obnoxious their arguments...

 

[DetraMental]

Duh, it'll be the guy with ashes and smoke coming off the tip.

 

[Kent C]

Simple solution:

 

[AgentAnia]

'Imagine for a moment you're at a bar and there are 20 people who are puffing on something that looks like a cigarette and then somebody smells something that smells like tobacco smoke," Farley says. "How's the bartender going to know who to tap on the shoulder and say, 'Put that out'?"

I suggest Farley hand out the following reference card for NYC bartenders:

 

[Myk]

Farley is gone as far as I know.
But he also couldn't tell the difference between people in real pain (like those who just had hip replacement) and an illegal addict. Guy I know in NYC just had hip replacement and couldn't get his prescription filled because of Farley.