I still don’t get why they are so opposed to e-cigs and at the same time are 100% in favor of nicotine patches and gum.
Via The Hill:
Seven Democratic lawmakers are pushing to ban the use of electronic cigarettes on the grounds of the Capitol complex as part of a wider campaign against them.
Led by the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, Dick Durbin (Ill.), the group called on rulemaking committees in both chambers to include e-cigarettes in the Capitol’s existing ban on smoking in public places and near building entrances.
“Given preliminary [federal] research finding harmful chemicals present in e-cigarettes, measures should be taken to ensure that the public is equally protected from the potential dangers posed by e-cigarettes and their vapor,” the lawmakers wrote Tuesday.
Via a spokesman, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told The Hill on Wednesday that he would pursue the rules change.
The letter marks the latest in a series of actions by congressional Democrats to curb e-cigarettes.
Four of the seven senators included in Tuesday’s letter accused the Golden Globe awards last month of “glamorizing” e-cigarettes after the show featured two celebrities smoking them, including “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus.