i have been smoking an e-cig for the past month and haven't touched nor wanted to touch a regular cigarette ('analog') for about a week now. It takes some time to get adjusted to the way that e-cigarettes deliver nicotine compared to analogs. I have 'vaped' at my cubicle during that month and have not had any complaints from any of my co-workers. There are things that users can do if in public places to reduce the amount of vapor that is emitted. Thinks like holding their breathe a little longer, doing a double "toke" (inhale air after taking a puff). All these things can and probably should be done in public places.
I don't think that there should be a ban on them in public places. I don't think that they should be treated the same way as analogs. I enjoy vaping, and I enjoy not having to go outside in the winter to get nicotine (this could change come summer). I have vaped at bars, work, the mall even a movie theatre and never had a single person complain. Had someone had an issue I would probably not do it around them.
There was a study commissioned last year by the CASAA (The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association study can be found at the bottom of the article)
http://blog.casaa.org/2013/08/new-st...micals-in.html that states that the vapour emitted by e-cigarettes are not harmful to bystanders (in an out door setting) and that the levels in an enclosed space (office, mall etc) fall well below levels of concern to those in the immediate vicinity.
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Even when compared to workplace standards for involuntary exposures, and using several conservative (erring on the side of caution) assumptions, the exposures from using e-cigarettes fall well below the threshold for concern for compounds with known toxicity. That is, even ignoring the benefits of e-cigarette use and the fact that the exposure is actively chosen, and even comparing to the levels that are considered unacceptable to people who are not benefiting from the exposure and do not want it, the exposures would not generate concern or call for remedial action.
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The existing literature tends to overestimate the exposures and exaggerate their implications. This is partially due to rhetoric, but also results from technical features. The most important is confusion of the concentration
in aerosol, which on its own tells us little about risk to heath, with the relevant and much smaller total exposure to compounds in the aerosol averaged across all air inhaled in the course of a day. There is also clear bias in
previous reports in favor of isolated instances of highest level of chemical detected across multiple studies, such that average exposure that can be calculated are higher than true value because they are “missing” all true
zeros.
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That being said, I am all for regulation. I want to be sure the that juice I am using is in fact just 4 ingredients (Nicotine, Propylene Glycol (PG), Vegetable Glycerine (VG) and flavouring). I have heard of reports of people getting "extra" ingredients, but that could have been years ago and from a non-trusted vendor. You should be of legal age in your country to purchase them, shouldn't be marketed towards children etc, and shouldn't be taxed at the same level as alcohol or cigarettes.