E-smoking on an airplane?

[shammy]

Anyone have any experiences with this? I am VERY curious as I have a long flight in the Summer.

Thanks!

[windblown]

That is the big question that I am waiting to have an answer to. You may be the one to blaze the trail. I should think that you could at least get by with it in the restroom.... I can't imagine that it would set off the smoke detectors.

I'm just hoping that security doesn't find a reason to confiscate e-cigs when we go through the check-in. They may look very suspicious to someone who doesn't know what they are.

I did have to spend some time visiting at a hospital this past week and found that I was able to sneak in enough "secret vapes" to keep me from going into nicotine withdrawal seizures.

Be sure to give us a full report of your experience on the airplane when you return.

wb

[SmokeyJoe]

Hi guys,

This may interest you.

In particular this section:

Anyway...The good news today is the Airline representative has shown interest and wanted a full demo...I'm gonna gather at least 20 or more E-smokers to cram into a cabin simulation to show them it will be safe to smoke in the airplane....and hopefully they will allow the sales of this e-cigs/products to fellow smokers on long haul(hope this will encourage and promote e-smoking further....)

[TropicalBob]

I think a security concern might top any health concern. How easy would it be to make our little tube or pipe into a weapon? Hmmm. Could it be used as a triggering device? I would not be surprised if an airline said "no" to boarding with it.

There ARE other alternatives when cigarettes can't be smoked. Buy some white, dry Swedish mini snus (online ordering). Buy some dissolvable tobacco bits at your local tobacco shop (Stonewall). Chew Firebreak gum (online ordering). I dreaded flying after smoking was banned ... until I researched alternatives that could get me through a few hours of deprivation (we are shamed addicts, aren't we?).

I've very reluctant, still, to use my e-devices where smoking is banned. No one fusses at Cracker Barrell if I pop a Stonewall in my mouth after dinner there. But an e-cig ...? I don't want the hassle.

FYI: I read of the shielding manufacturers have used to hold down electromagnetic radiation. Think about that. We had stories in recent days that cell phones with their electromagnetic radiation might pose a greater health hazard than smoking or obesity. So it's good to know the electronic device we are triggering with each inhalation is not showering us with hazardous low-dose but long-term radiation while we protect ourselves from dangerous chemicals.

[shammy]

Good call on the security issue -- if it isnt mainstream, people fear it (generally speaking).

I'd love to one day be able to sit on a long flight and use one though. It just sounds 'fun' for some reason.

[windblown]

Obviously, the only problem with using an e-cigarette on an airplane is the "smoke".....otherwise, no one would know what we were doing. So, until e-smoking becomes either accepted in public, or altogether banned, it would be useful to find a way to use the device without the tell-tale vapor.

A few days ago, one of the batteries to my e-cigarette completely fell apart so that the insides came tumbling out. As an experiment, I screwed the empty battery container onto the atomizer to see if I could still breathe in any of the nicotine. I can't say for sure, but it seems to me that I am still inhaling some nicotine, even though the atomizer is not producing any smoke at all. Of course, it is not as satisfying, but perhaps it would be a way to ingest enough nicotine to get through a flight.

Even though this technically would not be any improvement over using a patch, there might be some satisfaction to being able to hold onto our favorite e-cig and at least get some level of nicotine satisfaction.

The question is whether it is actually possible to inhale the nicotine without the smoke, or if it's just a figment of my imagination? :roll:

[jimldk]

This piece of info was gathered from a patient of mine during one of his long haul flights...No problems at security..no body knows what it is and taken for granted that it is a pen ..He wears a larnyard (penholder) when he boarded the flight...'smoke' himself to glory during the night flight cuz no ones bother him as he is not bothering anyone(most people are asleep) and shared a few puff with the airline stewardess(who were delighted and he manage to inform them about me..They came to my clinic last 3 weeks ago and bought some from me )and sold a couple (cartridges)more to his next seat passengers too.... Never was his flight so successfully easy without jittery nerves all the way to London from Malaysia and never had he has so much attention given to him by the Airline stewardess..Njoy card does help to explain a lot and a serious reprimand from the stewardess always ends short of amazement..I'm Happy..finito.

[windblown]

Never was his flight so successfully easy without jittery nerves all the way to London from Malaysia and never had he has so much attention given to him by the Airline stewardess..

That is great news...... I hope other carriers and their flight attendants will be as enlightened.

I am old enough to remember the good ole days when we patiently waited for the no smoking light to go off after takeoff so that we could all light up.

Yes, I am very, very old. :P

wb

[Meltrex]

I am old enough to remember the good ole days when we patiently waited for the no smoking light to go off after takeoff so that we could all light up.

Yes, I am very, very old. :P

wb

But your still young at heart

Wanted to say thank you for your reply in http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/php...185&p=886#p886 Gave me encouragement and the drive to move forward with some confidence. I really appreciate it.

[CraigB]

Newbie to the board but not new to eCigs

Have ''smoked' by eCig on many planes - including a long flight to South Africa. On that occasion I spoke to the stewardesses as soon as I got on and gave them a demo. They were happy for me to smoke in peace. Got off the plane feeling quite contented having puffed away on and off for a few hours.

In fact that was the only time I've asked for permission. Mostly, I just get on and puff away. You get some funny looks but only one person (in about 30 flights) has come up and asked me what I had - that was more out of curiosity than anything else. Basically, as long as people can't smell it they're reasonably happy. When I first started I felt fairly furtive about it so I smoked it in the loo. For those who feel bad about their habit you'll be pleased to know that it doesn't set the smoke alarm off

BTW - never had a problem with it in security; just got asked about it the once (I was smoking it going through security) and the staff were just fascinated.

Hope my experience gives you some confidence about it.