Smoking-ish

A friend of mine pointed me to this article from the PI about a ban on electronic cigarettes by King County. The underlying issue was whether or not to ban marketing of these things aimed at children and, given that they contain nicotine, I don't have any problem with that. My problem is with the provision (which passed 6 to 4) that banned their use anywhere that smoking is banned. I think that qualifies as unnecessary nanny stateism.