i would like your opinions!!

[rwells]

I would just move away to be polite and show respect as well.

 

[wv2win]

I have an additional thought on the matter. Let's just say that an administrator in that hospital gets a complaint from a patient that someone is smoking in the emergency room. She walks out to see what is going on and see's a vaper blowing clouds of vapor around the room and trying to convince the person next to them that the "smoke" is totally harmless. The vaper feels they are educating the public. The administrator see's nothing but disruption in her emergency room. She bring the matter up at the next board meeting. The board votes to institute a blanket ban on all e-cigs on hospital property because it is the most direct solution to the situation. The board could have instituted a comprehensive study of the health effects of e-cigs and issued a long missive on how little harm it does but how likely do you think that is going to happen? The single vaper who called the question has set back public acceptance of vaping and done a dis-service to the vaping community as a whole. The OP specificly asked for opinions and this is mine.

I will say upfront, it is important to be respectful of others. Blowing vaper in other people's faces is not something that I would advocate. But treating vaping as if it is exactly the same as smoking by those of us who vape is the quickest way to insure that vaping is banned everywhere except where smoking is permitted.

Perception is reality! Actions speak louder than words. If you act like vaping is just as harmful as smoking, then the reality you are presenting is that vaping is just as dangerous as smoking and should be banned. Those who want to ban vaping have stated clearly that using a PV is just as dangerous as smoking. Acting like it is the same as smoking confirms what these groups are telling the world, that vaping is dangerous to others. And based on these perceptions, supported by these actions, vaping should be banned.