<div dir="ltr"><font color="#990000" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">As usual I received some excellent advice after I posed this question on our list.</font><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<font color="#990000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#990000">There are some good articles out there which relate to e-cigarettes and airports/airlines. Basically the TSA is leaving the policy to individual places and providers because there is no legislation specific to e-cigarette use. <br clear="all">
</font><div><font color="#990000"><br>They do make note of an odor and emissions which could be offensive to other patrons. There are other articles (cited below) which refer to potential health risks.</font></div><div><font color="#990000"><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#990000">Andrew Mayer had posed this question earlier and he sent a great summary which I will reproduce here:</font></div><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">Hello,</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
I asked this question on the list serve not too long ago. The use of e-cigarettes is now prohibited at my library, as their use relates to our tobacco product policy. Here are my findings and the responses that I received in regards to e-cigarettes and related policies. </blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">Essentially an e-cigarette is an electronic device that vaporizes nicotine. This vapor is inhaled by the user. Here are some links that explain exactly what they are and how they work.</blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/04/do-e-cigarettes-help-smokers-quit/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/04/do-e-cigarettes-help-smokers-quit/index.htm</a></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm225210.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm225210.htm</a></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">This one is from a manufacturer, but the videos are helpful. <a href="http://www.blucigs.com/how-it-works-premium100" target="_blank">http://www.blucigs.com/how-it-works-premium100</a></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">Here is one about a recent court decision. The court held that e-cigarettes can be regulated by the FDA as "tobacco products."</blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><a href="http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm252360.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm252360.htm</a></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">These links deal with the potential health risks associated with e-cigarettes.</blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm173401.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm173401.htm</a></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/ucm267560.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/ucm267560.htm</a></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">I thought that this document was particularly helpful, especially the section on secondhand smoke. This one also has a nice bibliography. </blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><a href="http://www.tobaccofreeutah.org/pdfs/E-Cigarette1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.tobaccofreeutah.org/pdfs/E-Cigarette1.pdf</a></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">I copy and pasted the responses that I received from other libraries. </blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Hi Andrew,</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Below is the email message I sent to our staff when we first encountered the e-cigarette issue. It has been sufficient for our needs thus far. Hope it helps you decide what to do.</div>
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Greetings,</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Today we had our first experience with a customer using an electronic cigarette in the library. An e-cigarette looks exactly like a real cigarette; the tip of it even lights up when you puff on the device. E-cigarettes create no smoke but deliver vaporized nicotine to the person puffing on it. They are marketed as a means of quitting smoking. This<i>Consumer Reports </i>article contains the details, if you're interested: <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/04/do-e-cigarettes-help-smokers-quit/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/04/do-e-cigarettes-help-smokers-quit/index.htm</a></div>
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<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Anyway, the question arose: should we allow e-cigarettes in the library? They are not a tobacco product, create no smoke or byproduct that would affect others, and in Ohio are not legal or illegal—the law is silent on this matter.</div>
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<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Taking into account the family-friendly atmosphere we strive to create at the library, we have decided electronic cigarettes are NOT welcome in our building. E-cigarettes look so much like the real thing that children would not be able to tell the difference. We don't want to give the impression we tacitly promote smoking. </div>
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<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Today, when I approached the person puffing away on her e-cigarette, I immediately acknowledged I know electronic cigarettes are not illegal; however, I asked her to put it away as a courtesy to the children in the library. I said, "Knowing how difficult it is to stop smoking, do you really want to serve as a role model to the children who won't be able to tell your cigarette isn't real?" She tucked it away in her purse without a word of protest.</div>
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<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I realize not everyone may be as reasonable as this woman was. If you see someone smoking an electronic cigarette in the library and feel reluctant to speak to the person yourself, please alert me, a manager, or the Librarian-in-Charge. We'll be happy to take care of the situation.</div>
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<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks,</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Lucida Handwriting'">Karen</span></p>
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</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">My response has been to ban them like cigarettes. It looks like a cigarette and produces the same end result for the using. And to the eyes of a child appears that someone is smoking. And we don't promote that in our library. So I kick them out. Zero tolerance for that or chewing tobacco.</blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p><span face="tahoma, new york, times, serif" style="font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif">Ed Worso, Director</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">We have the following as part of our patron behavior policy:</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The following activities are prohibited on library property:</span></b></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The possession of a firearm or weapon</span></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The possession, consumption, or sale of illegal substances or alcohol</span></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The use of tobacco products or electronic substitutes</span></b></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Fighting, hitting, or physical or verbal abuse</span></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Harassment</span></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Gambling, buying, selling, or soliciting for personal or commercial gain</span></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Any illegal activity</span></p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Persons who are under the influence of alcohol or an illegal substance will be asked to leave immediately.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">We have had no problems implementing this. Staff who use e-cigarettes must do so outside.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Hope that helps,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Rachel</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><div><span name="x"></span><p style="margin-left:0.25in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#990000">For Reed Memorial Library I plan to amend one entry in our behavior policy as follows:</font></span></p>
<p><font color="#990000"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Current</b>: </span><i><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Use of tobacco, alcohol and/or unauthorized drugs in any form anywhere on library</span></font></i><i style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">property (inside or outside) is not allowed.</font></i></font></p>
<div><p><font color="#990000"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Revised:</b> </span><i><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Use of tobacco <span style="background-color:rgb(153,153,153)">products (or electronic substitutes),</span> alcohol and/or unauthorized drugs in any form anywhere on library </span></font></i><i style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">property (inside or outside) is not allowed.</font></i></font></p>
</div><p><br></p></div>CASS OWENS, DIRECTOR<br>Reed Memorial Library<br>167 E. Main St.<br>Ravenna, OH 44266<br><br>phone: <a href="tel:330-296-2827%2C%20ext%20101" value="+13302962827" target="_blank">330-296-2827, ext 101</a><br>
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