Arnie Protects Electronic Cigarettes

According to a mass email from Vapour Talk, Arnold Schwarzenegger has terminated moves to make the electronic cigarette illegal in California.

Initially, the bill planned to restrict children from buying the electronic cigarette, a move which the Electronic Cigarette Associationa and most E-Cigarette retailers supported.

It was then extended to ban electronic cigarettes.

Having been passed by the Californian senate, only Arnie had the power to change the course of events by vetoing the bill.

Which is exactly what he did, writing:

To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 400 without my signature.

While I support restricting access of electronic cigarettes to children under the age of 18, I cannot sign a measure that also declares them a federally regulated drug when the matter is currently being decided through pending litigation.

Items defined as tobacco products are legal for anyone over the age of 18. If adults want to purchase and consume these products with an understanding of the associated health risks, they should be able to do so unless and until federal law changes the legal status of these tobacco products.

For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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