I was a smoker, off and on, and to varying degrees, for many years. I’d tried nicotine gum, patches, and just going cold turkey. None of them offered much in the way of success: the gum made my mouth hurt, the patch made me queasy, and cold turkey always left me going back. E-cigarettes, however, helped. The not only provided the necessary chemical relief, but the actual act of vaping helped with the truly hard part: the psychological aspect. It feels like a cigarette, and it produces smoke like a cigarette. In fact, they helped me so much that I became somewhat of a champion for them in my social circles, but at and outside of work. On the order of a dozen of my former-smoker friends can directly attribute, in total or in part, their success to e-cigarettes. That was three years ago. Now, fast-forward to today, and I was shocked to learn there are those who want to demonize them just as cigarettes have been, but not for serious health concerns; instead, they lean on specious reasoning and a minor corpus of inconclusive data. Through the many times I tried to quit, what always ended up pulling me back in was the social pressure. I’ve always been a courteous vaper; when others would complain, I’d cease. I would never do it in crowded or small enclosed spaces. Forcing me to go out with the regular smokers just to have a couple puffs on my e-cigarette does nothing to combat second-hand health concerns (which is what the smoking bans were really about) and puts me directly in the line of temptation to start again. As it stands right now I am able to vape, in moderation, at my desk at work; this affords me the ability to avoid that temptation entirely. So, let’s examine that second-hand smoke argument. Many studies, including those conducted by the *FDA*, regarding e-cigarette vapor failed to find harmful levels of carcinogens, or really any chemicals for that matter. In fact, if I remember correctly, they were deemed safer than the average home air conditioner. Next, were this bill to pass, it’d be virtually unenforceable. The vapor can be nearly odorless (and indeed have a pleasant odor), and many e-cigarettes can be set to stealth vape; that is, they do not emit a visible vapor. What it really comes down to is Public Health. It should be the job of every government representative to do what is best for the people they represent and, on balance, banning e-cigarettes in the way proposed would have a *negative* impact on public health. Those who had successfully transitioned (and have reduced their health risks by 98%-99%) will be thrust back into temptation-laden situations. Beyond the personal health risk aspects there would be almost no incentive for other, current, smokers to make the switch; even though those risks should be enough in-and-of their own, statistically they are insufficient for many. Additionally, other cessation aids are often ineffective, as was the case for myself and many of those around me. Finally, it decreases the visibility of those that have used e-cigarettes to quit; no longer are they the role models for a better way that they used to be. From my standpoint, anyone who supports this measure has little or no regard for the well-being of the citizens they purport to represent, and that is something I cannot abide and would be unwilling to remain resident in a place where such is the case.