E-Cigarettes: A New Threat to Our Clean Air

It is a well-known fact to Montanans that secondhand smoke is dangerous. The Montana Clean Indoor Air Act protects our residents from the harmful effects of the toxins in secondhand smoke by banning the use of cigarettes and combustible tobacco in public indoor spaces.

Unfortunately, there is a new threat to our clean air: e-cigarette aerosol.

People have been led to believe that the aerosol released by e-cigarettes is harmless water vapor. But, according to the U.S. Surgeon General, the aerosol contains nicotine

Even more concerning than the chemicals found in secondhand aerosol is the...