Busted at Wal-Mart! lol

[LuckySevens4U]

I know that we all love our toys and are so proud of ourselves for getting off tobacco and want to show everyone, but I too agree with laying low with these. I sneak vapes everywhere also, but I do not try to draw attention to it.

[Bellinghamster]

...and when pulled up about it, he got arsey and said that he was legally allowed to use it...

That's the problem. Don't be a jerk. The owner has rights too!

I take the position that I'm not hurting anyone, so I don't feel guilty using it where I please. Does that mean I use it Wal-Mart? No. At the bank counter? No. At the gas station? NO NO NO!

Vaping should not have to be a 24x7 activity. I'm not at the above locations so long that I can't make it back outside or to my car before getting another fix. Pubs are another matter. If I'm going to spend a few hours there, you bet I vape there. I never ask anymore, I'm just prepared to explain if there are questions. Acting like it's something you need to warn the owner about makes them wonder how safe/legal it really is IMO. Acting like it's perfectly natural seems to get me much farther.

[ramblingrose]

I have to agree with Angela & VP. Looking for confrontation with the prospect of FDA limitation or ban looming isn't a 'guy' thing, it's an immature and dumb thing. We need to be smart about this - adding fuel to the antis argument that vaping is a way to circumvent smoking laws isn't smart.

[wv2win]

I've used mine in resturants and a pub and discretely in Wal-Mart and Walgreens. In the resturant and pub, I first showed it to either the manager or server and explained that it was a personal vaporizer like a vaporizer used in child's room who has a cold. That it emits only water vapor and has flavoring and nicotine if you choose to have nicotine in it. I further explain that there is no smoke, no tobacco, no burning of anything and that there is nothing harmful emited from it. I will unscrew it, also. The reactions I have gotten have all been positive. In Walgreens I showed the pharmicist and they were very interested in it. I do not use it in check out lines.

I also made up business card "like" little hand outs that has the forum address, electronic cigarette magazine address and the addresses of 4 reliable suppliers because I get so many people who want to know more either for themselves or for friends/loved ones.

I do not think we should hide our vaping but instead be good "shepards" of personal vaporizers and use them in a responsible and respectful manner. If we only vape with smokers then we are perpetrating the perception that vaping is exactly the same as smoking and SHOULD be banned everywhere.

[OutWest]

I have vaped in the grocery store (I can remember when you could smoke in the grocery), but I do try to be fairly discrete. I dont "hide", per say, but I usually only do it in the aisle when nobody else is, or if they are, when theyre not looking directly at me. I dont do it in the checkout line.

I vaped at the bank inside the grocery store, but the assistant manager of that branch of the bank knows what ecigs are. And, there werent other customers around at the time.

I have yet to vape inside a walmart, but I rarely go there and even if I were to, I'd avoid doing it in the checkout lane simply because I wouldnt want the confrontation.

And, I'll say this (and the same thing I told the bank assistant manager) - being able to vape inside the grocery store was nice because it was the first time since they started prohibiting smoking in the store that i've been able to be relaxed while shopping, which made for a very pleasant experience for me as a customer.

All that being said, I do agree that we need to try to avoid confrontational situations but also that we shouldnt be hiding in the alley

[Vapor Pete]

I've used mine in resturants and a pub and discretely in Wal-Mart and Walgreens. In the resturant and pub, I first showed it to either the manager or server and explained that it was a personal vaporizer like a vaporizer used in child's room who has a cold. That it emits only water vapor and has flavoring and nicotine if you choose to have nicotine in it. I further explain that there is no smoke, no tobacco, no burning of anything and that there is nothing harmful emited from it. I will unscrew it, also. The reactions I have gotten have all been positive. In Walgreens I showed the pharmicist and they were very interested in it. I do not use it in check out lines.

I also made up business card "like" little hand outs that has the forum address, electronic cigarette magazine address and the addresses of 4 reliable suppliers because I get so many people who want to know more either for themselves or for friends/loved ones.

I do not think we should hide our vaping but instead be good "shepards" of personal vaporizers and use them in a responsible and respectful manner. If we only vape with smokers then we are perpetrating the perception that vaping is exactly the same as smoking and SHOULD be banned everywhere.

Those activities, or rather, the way you went about them, are far superior to "Vaping your head off, waiting for someone to say something." I dont think you were quoting me, but I for one am not saying we should only vape with smokers. I am saying, we should NOT vape where smokers cant smoke. I use the analogy, would you drink a non-alcoholic beer in an area that does not allow drinking (like some concerts) and say, "well why cant I? It isnt alcohol!?" (Dont get technical with me on that analogy, ya'll know what I mean!) Why stir the pot. It looks like we are smoking. Getting into "pissing matches" with the anti's is NOT the way to get the public on our side.
My best,
-VP

[LuckySevens4U]

The thing is though, if you run into a pissing match with an anti, it's how you handle it. I like to say I QUIT smoking for such and such a days isn't that awesome!!! Then I say this is just a vaporizer thing that has helped me and gives me the hand to mouth, but I'm so glad I quit smoking! You turn it into a positive with them.

[b00stzx3]

Smoking inside a Walmart....seen this plenty when I worked at Walmart in Columbia, even seen people doing it here in Maryland. Walmarts got its own world and rules...I've seen a lot worse at Walmart!

[mizmare]

Really??? vaping in Walmart, the grocery store? Really? To me this sounds so sad.

[harmony gardens]

Personally, I'm just going to try to be as cool as I can about it. I'm still a newbie, but I am so convinced that vaping is a better way to go, that I'm willing to do whatever it takes.

All of us are tired of being treated as second class citizens. I'm hoping when the dust settles on all this, that we are going to find eCigs to be the perfect compromise.