New York State trying to ban e-cigs

[maccafan]

New York state senate is trying to ban the sale of e-cigs..

open.nysenate.gov/legislation/api/1.0/html/bill/S7635-2011

[jerryrm]

That doesn't surprise me, Macca. BP and their lackeys have been busy throughout the U.S., trying to get states and municipalities to ban or severely regulate e-cigs.

We have too many governments making laws here. Federal, State and city/towns, all with the right to make their own rules and regulations.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

It was only a matter of time until they had the perfect excuse ... and they got it.

[jerryrm]

Yup, Anne. New York like many other states, rely on their cigarette tax income. The FDA's bogus report, is still an excuse to use, for those who would ban e-cigs. One guy puts the wrong batteries in his mod and it blows up and now e-cigs are bombs waiting to go off.

E-cigs get banned, people go back to smoking and try to quit using expensive and largely ineffective NRTs. The government and BP are very happy.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

Exactly. We know NRT doesn't work, so people either go back to smoking or pay for more NRT, everyone's a winner, for them.

[maccafan]

They have passed a bill banning the sale of e-cigs to minors..

online.wsj.com/article/AP385fd3384e0c4c0f98a5df4032a2afa0.html

[jerryrm]

Rosenthal, huh? That figures, she anti e-cig.

Overall, that's good news, we don't want kids using e-cigs.

[womble]

I think it is good news in one way. But it shouldn't have been necessary surely? Who would sell e-cigs to minors anyway?

[jerryrm]

Womble, one of the excuses that the anti e-cig characters use to try to ban e-cigs, is that they are marketed to children, in order to get them addicted to nicotine and then move on to cigarettes.

It's a pile of baloney, but they have managed to convince some communities that it's the truth.

[maccafan]

What the bill might enable the State to do is shutdown the internet sales effectively killing most of the sales, simply because checks by internet vendors cannot guarantee that a minor is not buying their product.

[tiago]

Anyway, I thought the exploding one was down to some dodgy DIY modification to battery?

[Sue (AKA ) milosmum]

[Takshaka]

Jun 22, 2012 6:04:36 GMT maccafan said:

What the bill might enable the State to do is shutdown the internet sales effectively killing most of the sales, simply because checks by internet vendors cannot guarantee that a minor is not buying their product.

That seems unlikely since the same does not apply to other age restricted products such as alcohol or indeed tobacco.

[maccafan]

Can you buy these online legally?

I thought you couldn't..At least not over here..

[Takshaka]

I used to buy tobacco online and you can buy alcohol from any supermarket that does online shopping/delivery