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I think you’re going to see more and more of this, and I’m becoming more and more OK with it.<\/p>\n

The cities of L.A., San Francisco and Long Beach last week all banned e-cigarette use indoors — that means mostly bars and restaurants and workplaces.<\/p>\n

Now, e-cigs put out a vapour that has virtually no smell, and it does not irritate your eyes and nose like cigarette smoke. However, it is laced with nicotine, and people are not comfortable being in a room with nicotine-laced steam floating in the room.<\/p>\n

It was apparently a very heated debate in L.A.<\/a> as the city council heard impassioned pleas from e-cig users not to ban them.<\/p>\n

According to the LA. Times:<\/p>\n

“We have a right to \u2026 choose to breathe clean air,” Councilwoman Nury Martinez told her colleagues. “And if this device turns out to be safe, then we can always undo the ordinance. But if this device proves not to be safe, we cannot undo the harm this will create on the public health.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and the other side of the argument:<\/p>\n

Councilman Joe Buscaino led an unsuccessful attempt to exempt bars and nightclubs from the ban, a measure sought by lobbyists for the e-cigarette industry. He too invoked a family member while making his arguments.<\/p>\n

E-cigarettes “are not tobacco,” he said. “I don’t think they should be regulated exactly the same way. And I’ve heard from so many people, including my cousin Anthony, that they’ve stopped smoking from the help of e-cigarettes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess I feel like if e-cigs have helped you quit smoking real cigarettes, then that somehow being banned from smoking them in bars or restaurants really isn’t going to change anything for you. More power to you if they’ve genuinely helped you quit smoking. You can continue not smoking cigarettes in spite of this ban.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in nearby Long Beach<\/a>, a similar ban was passed, and then San Francisco <\/a>banned them indoors just yesterday. San Francisco is also requiring a special licence to sell e-cigs.<\/p>\n

These major California cities join Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago as cities banning e-cigs indoors. Again, a growing trend. People are just not comfortable breathing that steam despite the lack of odour.<\/p>\n

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I think you’re going to see more and more of this, and I’m becoming more and more OK with it. The cities of L.A., San Francisco and Long Beach last week all banned e-cigarette use indoors — that means mostly bars and restaurants and workplaces. 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