eCigarettes: Same As Smoking?

[x635 4,066]

I don't smoke, and never have.

Are eCigarettes the same as regular cigarettes, law-wise? Meaning, can you use them in areas where smoking is prohibited?

[newsbuff 286]

NYC: http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1591/electronic-cigarettes-law-in-new-york-city

[TRUCK6018 50]

They are not allowed on Metro North trains.

More than once I've had to ask passengers to stop smoking them and more than once I've been challenging by the offending passenger telling me they are not "real cigarettes".

Once i tell them the train will be stopped until the police come and be the deciding party, they comply.

[x635 4,066]

How will they fit in with firehouse smoking policies, especially in departments that ban smoking?