Electronic Cigarette Users Taking To Facebook to Veto Bill

Advocates of electronic cigarettes are taking to Facebook to urge Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to “keep his promise” and veto smoking ban proposal that will be arriving in his office on Thursday morning.  Facebook comments have been mounting as the hour draws near for the Mayor to make his choice.

The proposal will not only expand the current cigarette ban to include bars, but will lump electronic cigarettes in with regular cigarettes and ban them as well from most public places.

Most of the posts listed are actually urging him to pass the bill, while a strong few are begging him to veto it.

Mayor Ballard is taking issue with an exemption for private clubs and veteran halls that can keep their smokey environment if they keep kids off the premises.

A sample from the many pro-signing messages:

I urge you to please pass the smoking ban! As a former bar employee I do not miss waking up with a tightness in my chest, dry eyes, and a cough I did not have before or have had since. Why would you deny so many a healthy working environment just because of the activities of a few private clubs? Look at this ban as a step forward. The private club and e-cigarette issues can be changed in the future if necessary. — Laura Keith.

And here’s one expressing a different view:

Mayor Ballard, please keep your promise to veto proposal 18 as it is unfair to include the use of e-cigarettes with true cigarettes…..I smoked for 35 years, 2 packs a day but new that it was slowly killing me…..my wife and I switched to e-cigs 2 1/2 years ago after trying every FDA approved method that is out there. The e-cig worked for us instantly and we don’t have to ingest the 4000+ chemicals that are in cigarettes….thank you for your time and please veto Prop. 18. — Brian Deel.

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