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nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

4. Ecigs, really?

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:23 AM

Oct 2014

Last edited Wed Oct 22, 2014, 09:25 AM - Edit history (1)

How fucking stupid can you get?

Next, ban air freshners, incense, oil warmers, obnoxiously stinky dryer sheets..........but allow medical mj?

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San Mateo County bans smoking inside apartments, condos and townhomes [View all] alp227 Oct 2014 OP

Now if they would do something about that freeway dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #1

I am a very dedicated anti smoker. SheilaT Oct 2014 #2

I see a court challenge in the very near future. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #3

Ecigs, really? nc4bo Oct 2014 #4

Good point on the incense JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #7

Who smokes indoors anyway? Codeine Oct 2014 #5

I never smoke inside. bigwillq Oct 2014 #6

People who don't live in sunny CA, maybe. bluedigger Oct 2014 #9

Indeed. NuclearDem Oct 2014 #12

I'm finding it increasingly more common pipi_k Oct 2014 #10

At the complex I work at, the smokers have to all the way outside the complex. Sivafae Oct 2014 #14

To me it's more about the smell lingering on my person Generic Other Oct 2014 #21

Imbeciles are running San Mateo County seveneyes Oct 2014 #8

puffing on an e-cig is not the same as breathing CreekDog Oct 2014 #15

It isnt the same as smoking either. beevul Oct 2014 #24

Good. Don't move here. Starry Messenger Oct 2014 #17

most people can't when you have to pay $600 a square foot for a shack LOL snooper2 Oct 2014 #20

They're aware, of course, that what an ecig smoker exhales is basically just water vapor...right? NuclearDem Oct 2014 #11

no, they exhale the chemicals in the e-cig. CreekDog Oct 2014 #18

"they exhale the chemicals in the e-cig." beevul Oct 2014 #25

you know what? CreekDog Oct 2014 #31

Calling it "conservative talking points" doesn't make it so. beevul Oct 2014 #37

...in such insignificant amounts it might as well be. NuclearDem Oct 2014 #32

what concentration of what chemical are you referring to as insignificant? CreekDog Oct 2014 #36

Nanny-state ninnies. Throd Oct 2014 #13

so you consider any rules or laws against smoking, "nanny state" stuff? CreekDog Oct 2014 #16

Not at all. But in this case, it's bullshit. Throd Oct 2014 #19

This 1000% this. n/t hifiguy Oct 2014 #27

Except when they're in an apartment etc Union Scribe Oct 2014 #34

Behind "health" excuses lurk standard morals-based prohibitions. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #22

I can agree with this decision tabbycat31 Oct 2014 #23

I have never smoked in my life, do not like cigarette smoking, hifiguy Oct 2014 #26

The should outlaw the words "cigarette" and "tobacco" Orrex Oct 2014 #28

Gonna guess some here never lived in apts. with common vents and thin walls but can't say lunasun Oct 2014 #29

If you own your own home and have your own ventilation system TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #30

In other news, County Officials enacted a mandatory bed time of 8:30 PM... Oktober Oct 2014 #33

Most of San Mateo County, by far, is in 20 or so incorporated cities KamaAina Oct 2014 #35