Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) took a puff from his nicotine vaporizer during a hearing to ban e-cigarettes on airplanes Thursday. Like Miley Cyrus, Hunter just can’t be tamed.
After exhaling his vaporizer, the California Congressman led a stern defense in favor of vaping.
“This is called a vaporizer. There’s no combustion. There’s no carcinogens,” Hunter said. “Smoking has gone down as the use of vaporizers has gone up. There is no burning. There is nothing noxious about this whatsoever. This has helped thousands of people quit smoking. It’s helped me quit smoking.”
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) also defended the idea of nicotine vaporizers on airplanes.
“The next thing we’re going to do is we’re going to ban hot air, we’re going to ban bad breath and we’re going to ban body odor,” Shuster said. “Do you think we’re really going to go there?”
Despite the objections by Reps. Hunter and Shuster, the amendment proposed by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) passed the committee by a vote of 33 to 26 according to The Hill.
Watch the Rep. Hunter defend vaporizing below:
