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Regulating B- Cigarettes / 6 <br />Prohibiting <br />Smoking.in All <br />Workplaces and <br />Public Places <br />act of smoking by having users inhale vaporized liquid <br />nicotine created by heat through an electronic ignition <br />system. After testing a number of e- cigarettes from two <br />leading manufacturers, the Food and Drug Administration <br />(FDA) determined that various samples tested contained <br />not only nicotine but also detectable levels of known <br />carcinogens and toxic chemicals, including tobacco - <br />specific nitrosamines and diethylene glycol, a toxic <br />chemical used in antifreeze. The FDA's testing also <br />suggested that "quality control processes used to <br />manufacture these products are inconsistent or non- <br />existent." ( "Summary of results: laboratory analysis of <br />electronic cigarettes conducted by FDA," Food and Drug <br />Administration (FDA), July 22, 2009; <br />http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucml <br />73146.htm .) E- cigarettes produce a vapor of undetermined <br />and potentially harmful substances, which may appear <br />similar to the smoke emitted by traditional tobacco <br />products. Their use in workplaces and public places where <br />smoking of traditional tobacco products is prohibited <br />creates concern and confusion and leads to difficulties in <br />enforcing the smoking prohibitions." <br />Definition: "C- cigarette means any electronic oral device, <br />such as one composed of a heating element, battery, and /or <br />electronic circuit, which provides a vapor of nicotine or any <br />other substances, and the use or inhalation of which <br />simulates smoking. The term shall include any such device, <br />whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an <br />c- cigarette, e- cigar, e -pipe, or under any other product <br />name or descriptor." <br />Other Helpful Resources <br />The Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights website contains the latest news, reports and <br />related resources on c- cigarettes. For guidance and regulatory information about e- <br />cigarettes, check the Food and Drug Administration's website on e- cigarettes. For a <br />different perspective on e- cigarettes, visit the website of the American Association of <br />Public Health Physicians. <br />Contact Us <br />Please feel free to contact the T obaccoControl Legal Consortium with any questions <br />about the information included in this guide or to discuss local concerns you may have <br />about implementing such a policy regulating e- cigarettes. <br />1 The information contained in this document is not intended to constitute or replace legal advice. <br />Tobacco Control Legal Consoitlum 875 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105 -3076 <br />16 <br />www.tciconline.org <br />651 290 7506 <br />