They can put e-cigs into any cit ordinance that they want. It's not going to stop me from using my e-cig when and where I want.
All you have to do is follow the money here. This all goes back to big tobacco having a money strangle hold on the FDA and CDC.
If you really do follow the money, you'll discover that the source of FDA's funding these days is the
pharmaceutical industry. You will find out that the non-profit organizations that have that have been screaming at the FDA to ban e-cigarettes receive grants and donations from the pharmaceutical industry--especially from the companies that make those not-very-effective FDA-approved smoking cessation products. (GlaxoSmithKline, J&J, and Pfizer).
If you should ever show up at a public hearing regarding e-cigarettes, you'll find that the paid lobbyists in attendance testifying the e-cigarettes cause cancer and contain antifreeze work for these aforementioned non-profit organizations (American Lung Association, American Heart Association, and American Cancer Society), and therefore these lobbyists work indirectly for the pharmaceutical industry.
Even on the FDA's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee, there are 3 members from the tobacco industry (one from a big tobacco company, one representing tobacco growers, and one representing the supporting industries such as rolling papers. None of these three members has a vote.
The model legislation that changes the definition of smoking to include e-cigarettes is published on the American's for Non-smokers's Rights.
http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/modelordinance.pdf You'll find all the familiar lies about e-cigarettes in that document.
The ALA, ACS, and AHA joined with Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids in position statements recommending that all sales of e-cigarettes be banned, and when that didn't work, they have been pushing to have indoor use of e-cigarettes banned.
http://www.ttac.org/tcn/tfp/2010/may-2010/pdfs/Policy_Guidance_E-Cigarettes.pdf
http://www.naccho.org/advocacy/positions/upload/12-04-e-Cigarettes.pdf
Recently, one of the big tobacco companies, Lorillard, bought up Blu E-cigs; and other tobacco companies have announced that they will be entering the market as well. They followed the money and realize that as the use of regular cigarettes goes down, they can make up their losses by selling low-risk alternatives to smoking.
You need to read through some of the past postings in this News area--especially the Media and General News to learn what these folks have been up to, and what CASAA has been fighting since its inception.
CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association
