Electronic cigarettes do not contain tobacco, but instead heat a liquid that can contain nicotine or flavored vapor that is inhaled by the user. The Tobacco Free Partnership of Clay County supports the ordinance and says "studies have shown that the vapor that is emitted from electronic cigarettes still contains numerous chemicals that can be harmful to someone's health."The ordinance would also ban the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone younger than 18, an effort also applauded by the Tobacco Free Partnership which states that e-cigarette use has increased by 75 percent among high schoolers in one year.
A new ordinance proposed by Orange Park would classify marlboro electronic cigarette like regular cigarettes. The town council is expected to have a final hearing Tuesday and, if passed, the ordinance would prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in places were smoking is already banned.E-cigarettes are battery-powered handheld devices that deliver an inhalable dose of nicotine or flavored vapor.
“The people who want to promote no smoking in public places also say that it sets a bad example — that kids should not see adults smoking,” Mayor Steven Placido said. “I think it’s more than just secondhand smoke that they have an issue about. From a distance, you don’t know if someone is smoking an ego t electronic cigarette or a real cigarette.”hf3d3SCs
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really don’t know that much about these electronic cigarettes and
nobody has told me yet where the harmful part of this is or where the
irritating part of this is,” he said.A search on EurekAlert, a database
of worldwide scientific studies, yields few studies about the health
risks of e-cigarettes. The three studies that are directly related to
health hazards are preliminary studies with small sample sizes.City Attorney Joe Montes said the Food and Drug Administration likely will release draft regulations for e-cigarettes within the next 60 days. The FDA may apply the Tobacco Control Act of 2009 to the marlboro electronic cigarette machines, thus regulating an industry that isn’t highly restricted. Under this FDA control, vape vendors would no longer be able to sell their products online and large health hazard warning labels would be required.
Additionally Senate Bill 648 — authored by Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro — is working its way through the state legislature. If passed, it would put e-cigarettes in the same regulatory box as traditional tobacco cigarettes.Placido, however, said the City Council could always change its restrictions on e-cigarettes pending the FDA’s decision. For now, Placido said he’s using common sense.
“The vapor that comes off must contain nicotine of some sort since that’s what they’re inhaling. So the leap for me to say that these electronic cigarettes are the same as regular cigarettes as far as their function in society is not a big leap for me to take.”Mansfield is the first city in North Texas to target electronic cigarettes.
The City Council voted 5-0 to put a hold on all permits for marlboro electronic cigarette shops for six months. During that time, staff members will look at the issue and consider where e-cigarettes fit into the city's smoking ordinance.Walk into Vicious Vapors in Mansfield, and you will find ex-smokers puffing on their ego battery."I feel like this thing is saving my life," said federal government accountant Bryan Heftler. "My wife is a lot happier that I'm not smoking cigarettes. I don't smell like a stinky cigarette when I get home."
Heftler said he smokes at work, and pretty much everywhere he goes."Airports, restaurants, department stores, and — of course — home, because my wife allows it," he said.Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered devices with a liquid nicotine solution that creates a vapor when heated.
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