New York State Bans E-Cigarettes Everywhere Traditional Cigarettes Are Prohibited (usatoday.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from USA Today: New York state is banning electronic cigarettes indoors everywhere that traditional tobacco cigarettes are prohibited, such as restaurants, bars and other workplaces. The ban goes into effect in 30 days, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Clean Indoor Air Act on Monday. About 70% of the state's cities already ban e-cigarettes, so the statewide policy captures the rest, according to the American Lung Association. Cuomo signed legislation in July that banned e-cigarettes in public and private schools. The industry, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates at $2.5 billion per year, contends that e-cigarettes are safer than traditional tobacco products. Smokers say inhaling the nicotine through a vapor produced by the devices helps them quit traditional cigarettes. But the New York State Health Department warned that vaping carries its own risks because the aerosol emissions can include formaldehyde, cadmium found in batteries, benzene found in gasoline and the industrial solvent toluene.

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Re:Sounds like fun

[easyTree]

Or, deity forbid, someone actually cares about the addicted n00bs injuring themselves

No one is asking you for this help.

Yep - this is why addiction is such a pernicious problem. The recipient is quite happy to be left alone in their cycle of addiction - why would they ask for help, it's everything they've ever wanted.

What other potentially dangerous activities do you want to protect us from? Sky diving? Deep sea diving? Walking across streets? Leaving our homes?

Sure, if you feel you're unable to perform those tasks without danger to yourself.

so that an industry can profit?

I really want to ignore this because it's such a transparently bs "evil corp boogeyman" argument - especially when talking about the vape industry. The destruction of the vape industry will just push most vapers to smoking regular cigarettes and just make big tobacco that much wealthier.

It's kind of you to demonstrate, as an afterthought and against your instinct, that my position which is transparently-false-for-everyone-to-see is so.
I feel educated now that I too can see that actually, the vape industry isn't a supercharged cocktail of the old tobacco industry shaken not stirred with some apparent health benefits. Everyone loves an underdog and it's great to see this selfless industry take on big tobacco and reduce the harm they do down to the bare minimum of 'formaldehyde, cadmium found in batteries, benzene found in gasoline and the industrial solvent toluene'. By comparison with standard cigarettes, this mix is equivalent to a spinach, banana and flax seed smoothie.

And honestly, if I buy from a non-profit vape store, then do I have your permission to vape in public?

If you wear a filter which protects everyone else from 'formaldehyde, cadmium found in batteries, benzene found in gasoline and the industrial solvent toluene', and if you also find a way to contain any side-effects of the illnesses you develop as a result of exposure to these smoothie ingredients, then, sure, as you've demonstrated such consideration as to ask, by all means kill vape away.