Poll on vaping in the workplace

Vaping in the workplace - what are you allowed to do?

  • I can vape at work. Any time, any place.

  • I can only vape during breaks

  • I'm not allowed to vape at work at all

  • I'm self-employed, so I vape when I please

  • I only vape at home

  • Other, tell us below


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Oliver

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t's 25 years since smoking in the workplace was banned in the US. We all know smoking and vaping are two very different things, but are vapers treated the same as smokers?

To find out, we're running a poll to discover how vaping is approached by our members' employers.

Do you have a desk job that allows you to happily vape all day, or does your employer treats vaping like smoking and restrict you to 'vaping breaks'. Perhaps you're the boss and you're fine with your employees vaping in the workplace?

Vote in the poll and let us know below how you balance work with vaping. What do your colleagues think of you vaping? Do they force you out in the cold or do they welcome you vaping around them?
 

John_

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I work at a University and deal with people all day (work for an IT group on campus), when nobody is around I can vape but I don't want to in front of other people inside in case somebody has an issue with it, whatever though not that big of a deal. I usually leave my office and take a "vape break" or when I'm walking to somebody's office in another building I'll vape.
 

syeroc

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The question has never been brought up at my company. The owners are never here and I am the operational manager. So I decided that as long as we have no clients in the building then it is ok for me to vape at my desk as I please. My employees don't mind at all. I obviously asked them first so as not to put myself in a tough position. Most of them even like the smell of my liquids. I just try not to blow huge clouds while in the office.
 

fabricator4

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I'm in retail ATM so vaping in front of people would not be acceptable. Basically, I stay under the radar and sneak a stealth vape when no-one is looking. I never raised the issue with management and as far as I know there are no other vapers on the floor. I did not and will not make an issue of it. It's possible that people have seen me sneak a vape, but since there's no visible vapour no-one has objected.

As long as you don't throw it in people's faces and use some common sense I find you can do whatever you please. I think, and would like to see, social customs solidify along these lines. If everyone uses common sense this may eventuate. If we make a big deal about blowing clouds in places where it is inappropriate or rude to do so, then Mrs Grundy is going to come down hard.

I have a double strength nicotine in menthol flavour which I use at work and I'm perfectly fine with that. It certainly beats having to go outside like I used to when I was smoking, and a mini Protank of double strength lasts me nearly a week. I'm probably on CCTV stealth vaping, and may be questioned about it at some point. I shall explain that it's an inhaler since that is essentially the way I am using it.
 
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