The blind cannot even tell

[Slickstick]

I am around blind people on occasion. My wife works with the blind at times.
Last night was my third encounter with a blind person since I started vaping. A blind friend came over for a few hours. He did not know I vaped or even what it was. I was vaping my 510 heavily not 5 feet away from him for an hour solid. Plumes of vapor all over the room but quickly dissipated. Finally after 2 hours, before he left I asked him did he notice anything strange. He had no idea I was doing anything and was shocked it was virtually no comparison to smoking. On all occassions, the blind never knew. So the few people that complain about coughing from 2nd hand vape or saying it smells are straight up lying or mentally fooled. The blind can never smell it or know it is even there, even with their other heightened senses. Unless you tell them in advance to try to smell this, they will never know.

 

[NobleMaN79]

yeah, I dunno. What are you vaping specifically? When I've been vaping in public I usually get, "oh that smells so nice!" I'm not entirely sure they are smelling the vapor or my breath from the exhale when I'm vaping. I do find it hard to believe that someone wouldn't notice you drawing on a e-cig from 5 feet away. Almost everyone I talk to on the phone can tell when I'm vaping. I highly doubt they would know precisely what you are doing, and I'm certain it wasn't bothering them in the slightest, or that they cared. HA

That's a good blind test though! lol

 

[BradSmith]

My wife can tell but compared to smokes she loves the change. In fact she will comment about some of the flavors. Like "Oh you must be using the cinnimon again" or the Vanilla. She has pointed out those two in particular.

Is it possible that this person thought that you just had a new house freshener or cologne?

 

[Lab]

yeah my guess is that they just figured it was some kind of air freshener.. everyone i know is able to pick what flavor i am using.. the only complaints I have had are i hate grape change flavors.. and the chocolate mint i have makes fiance sneeze.. none of the others have though..

 

[Liscab]

perhaps that blind person has a problem with its nose,people around me can tell when I switch liquid, although some flavors are very hard to tell or to perceive

 

[JEFFM]

Yes, those around me can tell when I switch flavors and what flavor it is, but still no complaints that its bad. Theres nothing like vapor compared to smoke!

 

[Scott EE]

I think some of them react to the perception of "smoke". Possibly a placebo effect or they are just habitual complainers in general. However don't dismiss that it cannot cause a genuine reaction some people have real allergies to PG.

My sister with asthma has no reaction whatsoever to my vape. Only comment was that it smelled "minty" since I was vaping a menthol mix.

 

[Slickstick]

Of the 3 encounters I've had with he blind, no one knew. Granted if you blew directly up their nose I'm sure they can smell. Or in their direction. It wasn't a test to see if they could tell. It was dinner so the stove was cooking up food also so that may have masked any smell. I was just being myself and vaping normal and no one ever knew. The tv was on so he didn't hear me inhaling.