Action on Smoking and Health Claims that “Secondhand” Electronic Cigarette Vapor Causes Heart Attacks in Bystanders
Poised to Ban E Cigarettes in Public Second State to Protect Bystanders From Heart Attacks,” ASH wrote: “New Jersey is poised to become the second state to ban the use of e cigarettes [e-cigs] in public places where smoking is already prohibited, with the New Jersey Senate set to vote today on a bill already passed unanimously by the Assembly. A primary purpose, says Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the antismoking organization which supplied a detailed report supporting the bill, is to protect bystanders who otherwise are at possible risk from heart attacks, just like those inhaling secondhand tobacco smoke. … As many studies have found, exposure to even small amounts of drifting tobacco smoke can trigger a heart attack in nonsmokers in as little as 30 minutes. Since a major cause of the heart attacks is nicotine, the main component of the vapor exhaled by e cigar users, those in the vicinity of e-smokers appear to be at similar risk.”