So the NY Assembly Health Committee did it.

[Mark Marshall]

NY lawmakers advance bill to ban 'e-cigarettes' until FDA rules; NY could be first to bar them - chicagotribune.com
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"E-cigarettes are for some people a tool for enabling them to continue their nicotine addictions when they are someplace where they can't smoke," said Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, whose panel passed the bill Tuesday. "I don't think that's good for public health."

The Manhattan Democrat said the manufacturers should prove to the federal Food and Drug Administration that e-cigarettes are an effective smoking cessationhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/health/health-treatments/quitting-smoking-HETHT00000019.topic aid in order to sell them to adults.
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Well, yeah, except a federal judge JUST ruled that this is outside of their jurisdiction:

http://www.electroniccigarettesale....news-fda-does-not-have-authority-over-e-cigs/

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U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled earlier today (14 January 2010) that the FDA does not have authority to seize shipments of e-cigs because they do not qualify as devices that come under the agencies jurisdiction.
The specific case consisted of electronic cigarette manufacturers, njoy and Smoking Everywhere, Inc. bringing the FDA under suit for seizure of their shipments in the late summer/early fall of 2008. Judge Leon found that the FDA’s interpretation of the law giving them authority to seize shipments of electronic cigarettes was “unreasonable and unacceptable.” The agency had previously made the case that they seized the shipments under their authority to regulate drugs and non-related medical devices.
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I loved this quote from the first article:


"So I did some research," said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat and 20-year smoker who quit more than a dozen years ago. "I found what is in the e-cigarettes is a mystery."


Sigh.

 

[cipher]

It's a shame that to be Politically Correct, you must demonstrate publicly how ignorant you really are at times.

 

[Mark Marshall]

Yeah - but what's so messed up is that he seems to be on the decent side on a bunch of issues:

"In the Legislature, he has been the leading proponent of patient autonomy, especially in end-of-life care, and reproductive freedom. He also sponsors the N.Y. Health bill to create a universal publicly funded health coverage plan for New York State. Each year, he has fought successfully to protect and increase funding for Medicaid, school health clinics, HIV/AIDS services, and other health concerns.

Among other bills he sponsors are: “Right to Marry,” to allow same-sex couples to marry; Family Health Care Decision Making, to allow family members to make health care decisions when a person is incapacitated and has not filled out a health care proxy; the Gender Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity (transgender); and the bill to legalize the use of medical .........."

Well, we still have time to fight it - in both the assembly and the senate.

 

[Lil~Spitfire]

Jersey banned them from 'public use' this past July. Regulation went over to the dark side decades ago and we're now on the predictable crash course.

Praying for NY!

 

[Mark Marshall]

Well, in light of this decision on Monday, we'll have to see what happens. But Gottfried's desire for the FDA to regulate 'em isn't going to happen if this stands:

DC Circ. Won't Revisit Decision On E-Cigarettes - Law360

 

[hippiebrian]

"So I did some research," said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat and 20-year smoker who quit more than a dozen years ago. "I found what is in the e-cigarettes is a mystery."

Not much of a researcher, is she...stupid politicians.

 

[Lil~Spitfire]

"So I did some research," said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat and 20-year smoker who quit more than a dozen years ago. "I found what is in the e-cigarettes is a mystery."

Not much of a researcher, is she...stupid politicians.

Well now, wouldn't that depend upon 'who' has invested in her career, eh?
The FDA, along with many other Depts. gone Rougue, must be defunded in order to stop them.

 

[Atari]

"E-cigarettes are for some people a tool for enabling them to continue their nicotine addictions when they are someplace where they can't smoke," said Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, whose panel passed the bill Tuesday. "I don't think that's good for public health."

But yet the sell of analogs is still not banned thought they are much worse for public health. I can almost understand a public ban but not the ban of even selling the product.