I'm new here and first posted this as a reply instead of as a new thread, so this is my second post:
I decided to quit smoking before my 30th birthday and have been vaping exclusively for over a month so far and I feel like I've regained all of my rights again! It is very liberating to be able to vape at my desk at work, at a bar, on the street, and at any any other location I happen to be.
I don't try to hide my vaping -- I use an eGo twist battery with a tank system on top that tends to be very obtrusive, and I wear it on a lanyard around my neck. My employer (a major Western firm) and the property management company have officially allowed the use of personal vapourisers in the building. Just today, during a team meeting, I was happily blowing plumes and receiving support from my manager and co-workers for my success in quitting smoking.
I've encountered one negative Nelly, a smoker who envious that I was able to "skirt the rules" to quote her, but she had no answer when I replied that the only reason that indoor smoking was banned was due to the harm it caused others, which my vaping does not.
Every time I notice somebody looking at me curiously, I tuck the PV into my breast pocket with the tank protruding. People seem to show visible relief when they realize that it's not actually ignited. As a precaution, I keep home-made wallet-sized cards quoting the relevant (Alberta) law:
TOBACCO REDUCTION ACT 2008
Chapter T-3.8
“(i) “smoke” means to smoke, hold or otherwise have control over an ignited tobacco product”
This is neither ignited, nor is it tobacco.
There has never been a need for me to present one of these cards. I have documented my experience at my personal website that I run at a cost to myself: gkoneill.ca.
I decided to quit smoking before my 30th birthday and have been vaping exclusively for over a month so far and I feel like I've regained all of my rights again! It is very liberating to be able to vape at my desk at work, at a bar, on the street, and at any any other location I happen to be.
I don't try to hide my vaping -- I use an eGo twist battery with a tank system on top that tends to be very obtrusive, and I wear it on a lanyard around my neck. My employer (a major Western firm) and the property management company have officially allowed the use of personal vapourisers in the building. Just today, during a team meeting, I was happily blowing plumes and receiving support from my manager and co-workers for my success in quitting smoking.
I've encountered one negative Nelly, a smoker who envious that I was able to "skirt the rules" to quote her, but she had no answer when I replied that the only reason that indoor smoking was banned was due to the harm it caused others, which my vaping does not.
Every time I notice somebody looking at me curiously, I tuck the PV into my breast pocket with the tank protruding. People seem to show visible relief when they realize that it's not actually ignited. As a precaution, I keep home-made wallet-sized cards quoting the relevant (Alberta) law:
TOBACCO REDUCTION ACT 2008
Chapter T-3.8
“(i) “smoke” means to smoke, hold or otherwise have control over an ignited tobacco product”
This is neither ignited, nor is it tobacco.
There has never been a need for me to present one of these cards. I have documented my experience at my personal website that I run at a cost to myself: gkoneill.ca.
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