Right To Vape

S3053 is up Thursday, so we need to move quickly. The bill will prohibit vaping anywhere smoking is prohibited. (Another bill will prohibit sales to minors, which we're for, of course.)

This is a *statewide* ban, so it's really important that they hear from us! (My sample letter is on VF if you want to read it.)

Here are the email addresses for all the state senators:

Senator Diane B. Allen Republican
senallen@njleg.org

Senator Bill Baroni Republican
senbaroni@njleg.org

Senator Christopher Bateman Republican
senbateman@njleg.org

Senator James Beach Democrat
senbeach@njleg.org

Senator Jennifer Beck Republican
senbeck@njleg.org

Senator Anthony R. Bucco Republican
senbucco@njleg.org"

Senator Barbara Buono Democrat
senbuono@njleg.org

Senator Gerald Cardinale Republican
sencardinale@njleg.org

Senator Andrew R. Ciesla
senciesla@njleg.org

Senator Richard J. Codey Democrat
sencodey@njleg.org

Senator Christopher J. Connors Republican
senconnors@njleg.org

Senator Sandra B. Cunningham Democrat
sencunningham@njleg.org

Senator Michael J. Doherty Republican
sendoherty@njleg.org

Senator Nia H. Gill, Esq. Democrat
sengill@njleg.org

Senator John A. Girgenti Democrat
sengirgenti@njleg.org

Senator Robert M. Gordon Democrat
sengordon@njleg.org

Senator Philip E. Haines Republican
senhaines@njleg.org

Senator Sean T. Kean Republican
senkean@njleg.org

Senator Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
Senkean@njleg.org

Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. Republican
senkyrillos@njleg.org

Senator Raymond J. Lesniak Democrat
senlesniak@njleg.org

Senator Fred H. Madden, Jr. Democrat
senmadden@njleg.org

Senator Kevin J. O'Toole Republican
senotoole@njleg.org

Senator Steven V. Oroho Republican
senoroho@njleg.org

Senator Joseph Pennacchio Republican
senpennacchio@njleg.org

Senator Dana L. Redd Democrat
senredd@njleg.org

Senator Ronald L. Rice Democrat
senrice@njleg.org

Senator M. Teresa Ruiz Democrat
senruiz@njleg.org

Senator Nicholas J. Sacco Democrat
sensacco@njleg.org

Senator Paul A. Sarlo Democrat
sensarlo@njleg.org

Senator Nicholas P. Scutari Democrat
senscutari@njleg.org

Senator Robert W. Singer Republican
sensinger@njleg.state.org

Senator Bob Smith Democrat
senbsmith@njleg.org

Senator Brian P. Stack Democrat
senstack@njleg.org

Senator Stephen M. Sweeney Democrat
sensweeney@njleg.org

Senator Shirley K. Turner Democrat
senturner@njleg.org

Senator Jeff Van Drew Democrat
senvandrew@njleg.org

Senator Joseph F. Vitale Democrat
senvitale@njleg.org

Senator Loretta Weinberg Democrat
senweinberg@njleg.org

Senator Jim Whelan Democrat
senwhelan@njleg.org

Thanks!

Thanks, Treece everyone of them worked.

Here's Treece's letter (originally posted on VapersForum at http://vapersforum.com/showthread.php?p=153711#post153711


Dear Senator:

I'm writing to urge you to please vote NO on S3053, the bill that would prohibit the use of electronic "cigarettes" wherever tobacco cigarettes are prohibited. I hope you'll consider this carefully, and that you'll look to science--not politics--to help you make your final decision. Here's what four scientific authorities have to say about banning the use of electronic "cigarettes" in public places (emphasis is mine):

- Dr. David Baron, former Chief of Staff at UCLA Medical Center, appeared in a video about the electronic cigarette, Smoke-Stik: All that's happening is you're heating up a liquid to the point of becoming a vapor. So referring to it as smoke doesn't make sense at all. Therefore, considering it subject to a smoking ban doesn't really make sense, either."

- From Dr. Michael Siegel, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, who also has 20 years of experience in Tobacco Control: "There is no existing evidence that e-cigarettes pose a risk for nonsmokers. The nicotine exposure from the exhaled vapor produced is likely to be extremely small and there is no reason to think that it poses a danger for nonsmokers. But there is certainly no evidence to suggest that it poses a hazard."

- From Dr. Carl Phillips, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health: "The claim that the trivial amount of vapor would be much of a risk seems ridiculously far-fetched."

- From Dr. Brad Rodu, Professor of Medicine at the University of Louisville: "Claiming that e-cigarettes are dangerous for non-smokers is about as credible as claiming that air travel is dangerous for people who never set foot in an airplane."

As you can see, banning the use of electronic "cigarettes" in places where tobacco smoke is prohibited has no basis in science and is in direct opposition to any policy truly concerned with public health, which surely should include anything that dissuades people from inhaling tobacco smoke, as electronic "cigarettes" do. S3053 would seem to be opposed to the mere appearance of smoking, which is a political and moral issue--not a public health issue--and as such, oversteps the boundaries of the legislative process.

Thank you for your consideration.

Kind regards,