Guide to Vaping Friendly Airports

[Robert T. Tan]

Holiday travelers in the US might be surprised that there are major airports where you can vape once you are past security.

Here are the best airports for vaping

 

[katz-in-boots]

I would, only to avoid having to go back through security again for one last gasp.

 

[Dconnor]

Although there are smoking lounges in McCarran, you do not actually have to be in one to vape. vaping is legal throughout the airport. I would not blow huge clouds or you may get a complaint, but you don’t have to be in one of the lounges.

 

[stols001]

I so would. I don't mind even the gnarly second hand smoke from those lounges. I'm not proud.

I'm actually shocked there are any left, honestly.

I have found the best vapers lounge (I have to be honest, I'm not a lawyer, I don't know what would happen if you were discovered) is the "Family toilet." You have to kind of ignore the changing table but frankly given what happens upon it I figure I am doing "everyone" a favor (oh, except that I might be occupying a bathroom where some poor needy baby needs to be changed, but I never claimed I was going for sainthood, etc.) in regards to overall odor.

Seriously though, I'd choose the airport smoking lounge before the baby's bathroom. Frankly, the baby's bathroom is probably NICER, but I want to support those few airports who acknowledge smokers to be people too.

It's just a secondary THOUGHT for those of us who do not always have time to like, exit and reenter the airport. Otherwise, lounge all the way (if it is there).

Anna

 

[Robert T. Tan]

That is great to know. I fly through Atlanta a couple times a year but have only been through Vegas once since I started vaping. I was a bit shocked by the smokiness of Atlanta smoking areas but that certainly doesn't deter me. I was most surprised by Dulles, a friend tipped me off and my first thought was "DC? No way!"- forgetting that Dulles is actually in Virginia.

I wonder how many smokers route their flights through Atlanta because of this amenity. All things being equal or even if it costs a few bucks more, I will stop at Hartsfield instead of Charlotte every single time. Charlotte has plenty of other drawbacks too, at least if you try to make it from a connecting flight in a small plane to one of the main gates. It is solid 20 minute walk at a brisk pace, leaving less time for vaping even if it was permitted. Whoever designed that "wheel spoke" layout with a center hub of restaurants didn't do a very good job.

I am concerned this whole Juuling thing might make vaping in the commode a bit more difficult in coming years. If news stories are to be believed, which isn't a given, bathrooms are pretty much the preferred hangout of Juul using minors.

 

[stols001]

I'm pretty sure the family bathroom is fine. I don't think vaping teens know what it means, they probably think it's a type of "alternative lifestyle or gender" thing. Like, you have split personality only they're all related. Plus, it contains the word "Family" so they're not going to go there.

I am mostly kidding. Mostly.

Anna

 

[Robert T. Tan]

It seems like a significant number of flight attendants are in the smoking areas and often vaping rather than smoking. I wonder how they deal with the majority of airports that don't have smoking section. I wouldn't be surprised if they also use the family bathroom.