Don't be Buttheads: Was issued a citation for vaping by the NYC MTA (Subway)

Plumes.91;8115461 said:
Its a touchy subject obviously. some of us vape in the open and some of us do not. In my home town I vape in line at the supermarket, I vape in my car, I vape walking around home depot, I walk around walmart vaping... But more recently I haven't been doing this because I am starting to understand that while its cool to be able to vape wherever I want and not bother others with smoke, and NOT be breaking any smoking bans TECHNICALLY.... I MAY be causing a lot of trouble behind the scenes. People could be running around talking to managers for all I know. People could be ratting on me only to find out I am vaping. People could think its an illicit substance. It might be OK to vape because I'm technically not smoking but I am causing a lot of people to wonder what I am doing.. I am making smokers jealous, and I am perhaps even making non-smokers that dislike smokers for their air pollution angry. I am worrying mothers with their children if I accidentally blow out a plume around a corner to find a child or a mother with her baby carriage.. So I am beginning to stop vaping.

I am still going to take a stealth vape here, or a stealth vape here, but I want to be more conscious of who can see me and more conscious of my surroundings than others are. I want to ensure that I will not cause any trouble. Thats what a true gentleman should always be doing and trying to execute anyway. Try to be as gracious as you would like others to be around you. Will I still vape in a supermarket? Probably. But I will do it quickly, 2-3 quick drags in a completely empty isle.

With all of that said... I DO want vaping to be SEEN. I DO want vaping to gain in popularity and I want people to see it and wonder what I am doing. I want vaping to be accepted. I want to be able to do it in an empty isle in the supermarket without having the security officer watching the camera come down and bag me. So I DO want vaping to become OK... and Widely KNOWN as OK! But I will be seen by those that I WANT to see me. SMOKERS. I will vape OUTSIDE of the supermarket openly. Around ash treys outside the mall! Anywhere that smokers are allowed to smoke, I will vape in hopes of a smoker asking me what it is I am doing.

But I am definitely not going to be vaping INDOORS around people that can see me as much as I used to. Its been a slow realization to get to that point, but I am getting there. I am understanding that its not a great idea to vape in line at the supermarket

A well constructed set of thoughts, we vapers don't need to be a bunch of buttheads about things. I want vaping to be more acceptable and I reside in a region where the culture is most definitelly negative towards smoking. We vapers need to remember that non-smokers often don't notice that we are not holding a cigarette and see what they think they are seeing. It will never be fully accepted but I much prefer that vaping not be added specifically added to the list of banned activities. So we need to be sure that we don't cause it to be added by our own behavior and actions.

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I totally agree. I don't think it needs to be acceptable everywhere, and it is understandable that some would be shocked. Smoking analog cigs has been banned in public places for years now, so although theoretically you should be able to do it anywhere, it is understandable that it might be perceived as offensive. It is not the non-vapers job to detect if someone is smoking an analog or ecig. If it's acceptable, cool. If not, respect it, because ecigs are a great alternative and we need to ensure that we can continue to do it for whatever your reason for doing it is.

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Don't be Buttheads: Was issued a citation for vaping by the NYC MTA (Subway)

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