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That is really silly. And now city governments are passing laws to ban smoking e-cigs in public places. I wonder if it's really the tobacco companies doing that, in order to discourage people from even bothering to switch over. 
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Nah, most of the big tobacco companies are getting into the e-cig thing too. It's actually pharmaceutical companies that are fighting against them, because they draw lots of sales away from their nicotine gum and patches and such that are meant to help people stop smoking.