E-Cigarettes and Vaping: To Ban or Not to Ban

Boston, New York, and Chicago have already banned electronic cigarettes in all places where conventional cigarettes are. Los Angeles seems like it will soon follow suit. Although advocates claim that e-cigarettes are not dangerous to bystanders because they emit vapor and not smoke, the fear is that smoking e-cigarettes (commonly referred to as “vaping”) will normalize the act of smoking again, and undo a half century of education about the dangers of tobacco use.    Read more……..

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