I don't understand why so many vapers seem to feel they have a right to entitlement. Like buying an e-cig is a get out of jail free card. You feel you should be able to vape everywhere, infringe on others rights, and sidestep laws and policies.
Why should you be able to vape where you couldn't smoke? You want e-cigs treated like the gum and patches, but guess what if they where then the rest would be a mute point and the FDA would have banned them years ago when they tried. Just because e-cigs are safer than smoking does not mean there is no risk not just to us but to others. You don't know who might be allergic to a scent, and it seems many people here in ECF just don't care.
You don't want it regulated or taxed, all other tobacco products are regulated, and rather people like it or not we ARE using a tobacco product. At this time all nicotine containing e-juices are extracted from tobaco leaves.
Yes, some of the laws they have tried to pass are unfair to us, but we need to understand this isn't a case of we complain and they will stop. This WILL happen we need to be prepared.
You are talking about 2 different things, and the answers are different. Why should I be able to vape where I can't smoke? Because I'm not smoking!
Should I be able to vape where I can't vape? It depends on whether it is the property owner, or someone sitting/standing near me, vs. some ANTZ in Sacramento or Washington that wants me to go back to smoking.
When I have to go lots of hours without vaping, vaping doesn't fix it for me afterwards, it's too slow. Then I end up smoking. If I could have vaped during that time, I could have vaped afterwards because I would not have gotten so low in blood nic.
I have always said it makes sense to forbid vaping anywhere that perfume is forbidden. But that is not what we are up against.
I *have* seen threads where people feel entitled to do ANYTHING they please and that is ridiculous, but I do stealth vape where I'm not supposed to when I can tell the reason for the rule is ignorance. Such as restaurants where they are cooking onsite, serving sizzling platters, no babies near me, and people wearing perfume.
I don't vape in Chuck E. Cheese, or Babies R Us stores.
I think your question would get different answers if you had asked "Why should you be able to vape anywhere?" instead of "Why should you be able to vape where you couldn't smoke?"
One strong reason for vaping where we would not be allowed to smoke is that is surprises the hell out of people who thought vaping was like smoking. It educates them. I would stop if asked to stop, but so far what I get is "Wow, I can't even smell it! That's really surprising! Would that work for my dad/husband/son ?"
We've even had legislators start to say "If we allowed vaping in here, this room would be horrible by now" only to be told "We WERE vaping in here for the last 13 hours, and you didn't notice!" -- that group DROPPED their proposed vaping = smoking law, because instead of words, they had personal experience of how different they were.
I was much more careful where I vaped back when my vape contained possible nut flavorings, BTW.
Some points, yes. Some points no. But I would never allow myself to try to forbid you to have your own opinion or disallow you the right to express it. Or throw tons of hate to try to silence you.
