E-cigs: No smoke, but some areas are banning them

That’s not smoke coming out of Cliff Phillips’ mouth.

But that hasn’t stopped others from cringing, making remarks, waving their hands in their faces and coughing at the sight of the vapor from his electronic cigarette.

“They’re just conditioned if they see you inhale and exhale something, it’s got to be smoke and it’s going to stink. … They’re not even smelling anything,” said Phillips, a 61-year-old retiree and former cigarette smoker.

Electronic cigarettes don’t burn and don’t give off smoke. But they’re at the center of a social and legal debate over whether it’s OK to “light up” in places where regular smokes are banned. Despite big differences between cigarettes and their electronic cousins, several states, workplaces and localities across the U.S. have explicitly included e-cigs in smoking bans.

via E-cigs: No smoke, but some areas are banning them – Environment News – AARP Bulletin.