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E-Cigs Revisited

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 8:48 p.m.

In Response To: E-Cigs Revisited (Bill Riles)

I agree with you that advertisements should be banned. It simply tells people, including children - here's another way to look like you're smoking and get/stay addicted to nicotine.

But again, in my opinion a backgammon tournament director's job is not to enforce healthy habits upon his players - it is to ensure that one player's actions does not harm the health or seriously impair the comfort of another. The harmful effects and discomfort arising from second hand smoke are clear and a ban is appropriate.

So my question is whether there are any measurable harmful chemicals in the visible vapor of e-cigs, or is the visible vapor simply harmless water vapor? I've had someone sitting across the board from me at a major tournament with a thermos filled with hot tea. He refilled his cup with steaming tea and the vapor was most clearly visible wafting into the air. And tea most definitely does have a mild aroma. Shall we ban tea?

I do think that e-cigs should be made a different color or something. Just as toy guns and real guns should always be obviously distinguishable, it should be instantly clear to all that these devices are not real cigarettes.

Messages In This Thread

• E-Cigs Revisited
  Bill Riles -- Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 7:59 p.m.
  • E-Cigs Revisited
    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 8:01 p.m.
  • E-Cigs Revisited
    Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 8:48 p.m.
    • E-Cigs Revisited
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 9:00 p.m.
      • E-Cigs Revisited
        Bob Koca -- Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 9:14 p.m.
      • E-Cigs Revisited
        roadkillbooks -- Sunday, 2 January 2011, at 6:29 a.m.
  • E-Cigs Revisited +1 *NM*
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 8:51 p.m.
  • E-Cigs Revisited
    Bob Koca -- Saturday, 1 January 2011, at 8:54 p.m.