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December 30, 2013 - 16:30   ET   JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: Welcome
back to THE LEAD, everyone. Now, it's time for the politics
lead.  He's been called everything from big brother and nanny in
chief to health crusader and pioneer. And that doesn't include
some of the more colorful descriptions scrawled on the walls of
New York City subways.  But no matter how you feel about Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, there's no denying his impact on the day-to-
day life of New Yorkers over the past 12 years, taking on
everything from birth control to Big Gulps.  So it seems almost
fitting that in his final act as mayor, Bloomberg signed into
law a controversial initiative that extends the city's smoking
ban to include e-cigarettes. The law would make it illegal to
use the battery-operat