“Oh, Lord, When Will Someone Have The Guts To Take On Big Vapor?”
By Mitch Berg
Minnesota. The state where everything that isn’t mandatory, is banned.
Or at least someone will be busy trying to ban it.
Phyillis (who else?) Kahn is tackling Big Flavored Water, and the scourge of second-hand water vapor:
The bill would mean you could not use an e-cigarette in indoor buildings or public spaces that ban smoking, just like traditional cigarettes.
E-cigarettes have exploded in popularity. So far, there have been no conclusive medical studies on their health impact and that has e-cigarette fans saying let’s wait before we put on any restrictions.
There is no evidence that they harm even the consumer (at a level beyond that caused by coffee or energy beverages, to say nothing of alcohol), much less anyone else.
And people enjoy them – which, in Minnesota, is a big red flag:
Since she opened her e-cigarette shop in Uptown, Sina War, an ex-smoker herself, has seen a surge in business.
“Electronic cigarettes allows me to have the same habits and allow me to cut the nicotine level down,” War said.
War says Rep. Phyllis Kahn’s bill will hurt those trying to quit traditional smoking.
“Having her include this in the clean air act makes electronic cigarette smokers who use this to quit smoking, go back to where they were 10 months back,” War said.
But it’s for your own good! Because the DFL cares!
Kahn says she is concerned about the explosion in popularity of e-cigarettes.
“They are everywhere. Now, just think were they are going to be a year from now,” Kahn said. “Just remember, we are not banning it. We are just regulating it the same way cigarettes are.”
“Just think were they are going to be a year from now”
Enjoying flavored water vapor and, maybe, quitting smoking?
I suspect tobacco tax revenue is playing its role.
(Title courtesy Gary Miller)
February 20th, 2014 at 7:28 am
Yes, Phyllis the loon is just continuing the business killing, elitist meme of the Democrat party. People need to wake up to the mantra of these idiots. Perhaps these reminders will help:
If a Republican doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. If a Democrat doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat. If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life. If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a Republican is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. If a Democrat is down-and-out he wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a Republican doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels. A Democrat demands that those they don’t like be shut down.
If a Republican is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church. A Democrat non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
If a Republican decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. If a Democrat decides he needs health care, he demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a Republican reads this, he’ll send it to his friends so they can have a good laugh. A Democrat will delete it because he’s “offended”.
February 20th, 2014 at 7:37 am
If a Republican loses a big election, he works hard to get a good candidate to run in 4 years (or whatever the cycle is). If a Democrat loses an election, he tries anything to get the election overturned. See Algore, Crazy Al Frankin.
And again in Wisconsin. Scott Walker wins governor election. The looney left holds a do-over election. Scott Walker wins by a much larger margin. Now a hard left Democrat Milwaukee County attorney is using his office to go on a fishing expedition……like they did with Governor Palin and her 25,000 emails…..subpoena to get all of then Milw County exec Walkers emails, hoping to find something they can use against him.
Like the fake Texas Air Guard docs that Dan Rather used to try to throw the 2004 presidential election, these will also lead to nothing. Most likely Walker will win in November over the rich 1%er that the Democrats will nominate to run against him.
February 20th, 2014 at 7:39 am
Is Crazy Phylis still trying to prevent peoples of color from attending her caucus, but saying you need a photo ID to attend and particapate.
February 20th, 2014 at 8:54 am
So her only rationale behind this is because “they’re everywhere”??!!
I’ve said this before and it is seemingly unrelated but very fitting…whenever you complain to a Dem legislator about the amout of taxes in Minnesota, they always fall back on the “wonderful education system”…it’s clear that many legislators are not a product of it.
February 20th, 2014 at 11:55 am
No doubt a concerted effort to demonize the things. Not to ban them, but to make those who don’t use them anyway feel justified to pimp them out for additional taxes.
I get the impression that their physical resemblance to cigarettes is arbitrary, more for the benefit of smokers of actual tobacco that out of function.
Would it not be possible to fashion the items in such a way that they resemble everyday, non-tobacco related items? Maybe like water bottles, pop cans, or other consumer products that would permit the “inhaler” to continue the activity in public without detection?
However, anyone who developed and marketed such an item might find themselves broke and sharing a cell with Jim Carlson, the Duluth head shop owner who relied on existing law to protect him from the public officials who wanted his head (shop).