St. Lawrence County (NY) legislature considers banning all tobacco use (including e-cigarettes) on county property, within 20 feet of entrances

[Bill Godshall]

St. Lawrence County (NY) legislators consider enacting misguided, intolerant and unenforcable tobacco use ban (including e-cigarettes) on county owned property, within 20 feet of building entrances. Public hearing at 6:30 tonight.
http://northcountrynow.com/news/pub...co-use-most-st-lawrence-county-property-06640

Ironically, this proposal wouldn't ban the use of e-cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in any workplaces (except county owned buildings), but would ban their use outdoors within 20 feet of building entrances. Such idiocy.

 

[grandmato5]

Again we face igorant people as to the facts of electronic cigarettes.

 

[Fiamma]

Law brought to them by the County Public Health Director Susan Hathaway. Wonder if the County Public Health Board got any CDC funding?

So it gets in the paper Friday with a hearing on Monday. They sure seem to be trying to delay any public notification until after the deed is done. The Public's business seems to be increasingly done in the hope that no one notices until the deed is done.

 

[mwplefty]

The citizens of St. Lawrence County paid for those county-owned buildings. They should be the ones to decide if those buildings should allow vaping inside or within 20 feet.

 

[Fiamma]

I'm sure they 'know' that we, the people are too dumb to know what is good for us so they must badger and hound us along the way 'they' chose.

 

[Bill Godshall]

Here's another article (written on Sunday) about the St. Lawrence County proposal
http://northcountrynow.com/news/pro...within-20-feet-bars-stores-restaurants-colleg

 

[Bill Godshall]

And a blurb about the St. Lawrence County public hearing on a local television station yesterday before the hearing occurred.
SLC Legislature Considers Total Cigarette Ban | WWNY TV 7 - News, Weather and Sports for | Local News

 

[Bill Godshall]

St. Lawrence County (NY) committee approves tobacco use ban on county property (including e-cigarettes), measure goes to full county legislature for vote.
http://northcountrynow.com/news/com...rewnce-county-property-full-board-vote-070310

 

[Bill Godshall]

Please note that the St. Lawrence County legislature is scheduled to vote on this today.

 

[TennDave]

Curious how it turned out

 

[taofishdude]

that's my home county...doesn't surprise me. new york has been really restrictive on smoking for some time.

the state of oregon is going to no tobacco products AT ALL (including smokeless snuff, and e-cigs) on any state property starting in January. as far as i could tell the governor's executive order bans smoking (including e-cigs) IN state buildings. It didn't mention e-cigs outside...but definitely no smoking and no snuff.