Oppose the Anti-E-Cigarette Moratorium Ordinance and Smoking Ordinance Amendment

STOP THE CITY OF FREMONT FROM TREATING US LIKE SMOKERS!

BACKGROUND: Electronic cigarettes or "e-cigarettes" are battery-powered devices intended to replace traditional tobacco cigarettes as a nicotine delivery system. Though some may be designed to resemble traditional cigarettes and the liquids vaporized by the e-cigarette may contain nicotine, other chemicals, and flavoring, they DO NOT CONTAIN TOBACCO.

The City Council of the City of Fremont is attempting to classify e-cigarettes as a tobacco product. This would place "vapor stores" and "vapor lounges" in the same category as tobacco retail stores: prohibiting their usage wherever smoking tobacco is prohibited, including places of employment. This ordinance would also prohibit the distribution of free samples of e-cigarettes, except in tobacco retail stores.