Please, don't vape where you can't smoke

[dawhoo]

I love my ecig, I really do, but I don't vape anywhere smoking isn't allowed.

The other night at a restaurant, someone nearby had an ecig. This was the first one I had seen in the wild, other than my own. The restaurant was non smoking and it really freaked out a lot of the patrons. The manager or whomever came over, after complaints by customers, that he would need to go outside. His vaping was conspicuous.

Healthier than smoking or not, when vaping, it LOOKS like you're smoking and that's the issue for most non-smokers/non-vapers out there. I don't want these things drawing negative attention. A few people freaking out and poof, this ecig bubble could burst. Let's face it, laws get passed because of people who make a stink, laws like no smoking on the street in certain cities! I am really afraid the whole ecig issues is one Fox News story away from being banned because, 'it's so bad, the FDA won't even rate it a tobacco product'!. Really, think about it.

SO I say, be accommodating to those who don't know and don't vape where you can't smoke, unless it's really known in your area and in that establishment.

I went outside to vape with the guy who was asked to go outside to "smoke". He had some genericish looking ecig, I didn't ask. So I pull out my silver bullet 6v and have a vape with him.

His looked like a cigarette, was shaped like a cigarette and people thought it was a cigarette and that is, what I told him, part of the problem. There are a lot of people who hate smoking, yes hate. And what they hate even more is if they see somebody smoking in a place where smoking isn't allowed and doing so brazenly. It's not the same thing, but it's similar in a way to a toy gun. We know they're way safer than the real thing, but when in public, you don't pull out a toy gun and act like it's a real gun. It freaks people out.

So please, let's be overly considerate of those who don't know about ecigs and vaping. If you can't smoke there, don't vape there. Of course there are exceptions, but when there are people who look like they don't know how to use email (people who are more likely to call their congressmen and senators) refrain from conspicuous indoor public building vaping.

Agree or not, please consider the ramifications.

Thanks.

[AJMoore]

Right you are, we don't need negative attention.

[BARENETTED]

I hate it - but I have to agree with you.

I used to vape more openly, but have changed my way of thinking, which is now in line with yours.

[Tiger]

I also agree with this. As much as I know I am not smoking, I know it looks like I am even with the use of a mod.

[pianoguy]

If I vape at all in a public place where smoking isn't allowed, I do it very discreetly. I agree that too many people who are uninformed would think it looks like smoking. I do have to say that stealth-vaping at Home Depot takes all the stress out of picking out tile, though

[pudgey7]

call me crazy? but I don't care what they think.....they are only going by what they see! If anything it gives off a nice oder. I mean no disrespect to the creator of this topic! If vaping can't evolve in this society then it will be pushed out by the fda and all those that are offended by it. It is not smoking.....I don't want to be treated like one. just my two cents, carry on.

[AJMoore]

PianoGuy, I get your post, HomeDepot is a very big place!

Pudgey7, I get you too but negative attention isn't good attention. I stealth vape everywhere I can and openly vape where permission is granted but I don't want to upset people that don't understand what it is I'm doing. I just don't see it being good for the cause in the long run. I do see your point though.

[N00bx7]

Honestly I went through the same chain of thought about when or where to vape. Considering most of the population is still ignorant to the whole creation of an ecig..or mislead by our lovely media...it would be the best for everyone to use some discretion for now. It likely will be awhile before most people realize that vaping isnt smoking.

[rosesense]

I agree and don't vape where smoking isn't allowed. I always think back to the only time I saw someone vaping. Of course I didn''t know anything about it or what it was. Young guy in the car next to me and I see this blue light and he is blowing 'smoke'. I thought it was some sort of illegal drug and worried that he was on the road with me, lol. I remember thinking "where is a cop when you need one." I am fairly open minded so it goes to show what uniformed people (the average person on the street when it comes to PVs) will think.

[pudgey7]

I think my mouth is bigger then I am. I am very careful as to where I vape, I have yet to ever have an issue.....I typically get a "wow, what's that, or why can't I smell that" I have never had someone approach me in a negative manner, until then I will keep my hot head! I just know my kids love that daddy doesn't smoke anymore.