re: Los Angeles city council bans the use of e-cigarettes

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I think it is better safe than sorry at this point. I don't think you should be allowed to sit there and shoot any chemical into the air in a restaurant.

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But they look like cigarettes, kinda. Think of the fricking children

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Maybe Los Angeles should be consistent and ban porn. What if something like that fell into the hands of a child? (Which, BTW, was the actual legal standard in 19th century England so there's some precedent in common law systems).

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You can't remove the perfume stench and you can't create a skinny person from a fat person. You can, though, not use ecigs in a restaurant.

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You can ban people wearing perfume or fat people from a restaurant, which would be just as absurd as banning the use of an ecig.

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Banning water vapor cigarettes is stupid but I completely understand it because LA has no other issues to deal with, right?

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they aren't just water vapor. it isn't just water in the air.

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Yes it is, the nicotine is inhaled and absorbed. By the way, you also don't inhale nicotine from 2nd hand smoke either. It's harmless Sammy.

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Is that proven to be true? the body would have to absorb all the nicotine completely, and i just don't know if that happens. Obviously if true this is a very different matter.

Any studies you could link me to?

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Is that proven to be true? the body would have to absorb all the nicotine completely, and i just don't know if that happens. Obviously if true this is a very different matter.

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Most studies show there is around 10 times more nicotine in second hand cigarette smoke compared to ecig vapor.

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A person would ingest more nicotine from eating any of several different nicotine containing vegetables than they would from second hand vapor.

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I'm pretty sure it's not water vapor. It's either propylene glycol or glycerin or a combo of both. Both of which are harmless. In fact propylene glycol is used as the delivery agent for respiratory drugs. It's also used to make the fog from fog machines. 

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You're probably correct. But they look like cigarettes, kinda, so they gotta go. Think of the fricking children

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Water vapor with nicotine in it.

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Methinks you don't know what an e-cigarette does.

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Prominent components in the gas-phase are 1,2-propanediol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, diacetin, flavorings, and traces of nicotine. As a consequence, ‘passive vaping’ must be expected from the consumption of e-cigarettes

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1. The suggestion that second hand smoke from real cigarettes is harmless is beyond silly. But then again, I realize I'm reacting to VolsandShaft83 so I should expect as much.

2. No doubt there are traces of bad shite in the e-cigarette, but I have no idea how much or the concentration.

3. I quit smoking pretty easily, but I did try the e-cigarette just for fun and, frankly, I don't see the point. They suck.

4. I'm completely on board with RogertheShrubber. I'd be much happier if they'd ban cell phone use in restaurants.

5. When I lived in L.A., I actually thought there was something sort of charming about the goofball, earnest naivete' of some of the dumbasses on the City Council. But I can see where they could be annoying to some people. I just never did, and don't now, give much of a frick what they do.