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A person on the G bus inbound to New Haven Center this am (arriving at the New Haven Green ~ 8 am EST) has been smoking an ecigarette on the bus for a few days. Are these legal? I understand that it's /less/ nicotine and supposedly no byproducts, but this is still an enclosed public space and there might be others like myself who have asthma/respiratory issues/don't want to be subject to the secondhand smoke, no matter how 'minimal'. Thanks.
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An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
Glass Joe (Guest)
The "smoke" you see is just polyethylene glycol which is commonly used in asthma inhalers to carry the medicine into your lungs. I don't think you need to worry about that causing respiratory issues.
98% of the nicotine is absorbed by the person using the e-cigarette, so even if you were sucking the air straight out of their lungs you wouldn't get enough nicotine to have an effect on you.
Here are a couple of studies you can read if you want more information:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bxpt4byVBHeTNWQ2NmEzN2ItNDY1NC00N2MxLWJmYTctMWExNGU4ZjgwYWUz/edit?pli=1&hl=en
http://www.healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport30-Oct-08.pdf
You'd probably get more exposure to toxic compounds if they had smoked a real cigarette just before getting onto the bus.
Nonsmoker (Guest)
Robin (Guest)
What next? Water pipes? e-cigarrettes are just that. They create indoor pollution on buses. Please extend the smoking ban to include them.
Robin
City of New Haven (Verified Official)
Karen (Guest)
tiredofwhiners (Guest)
Closed City of New Haven (Registered User)