Well I never visited anyway and only ever bough the grounds everyonce in a while. Now I guess it will be never.
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Google "starbucks corporate smoking" and you'll find numerous links to "reputable news sources" that mention ecigs as well as smoking included in the ban.
Hmmm, this looks legit, though the signage makes no mention of e-cigs. BTW, not defending *$, just defending stupidity, rumors and dissemination of false information.
http://i.imgur.com/ilZgzo8.jpg
Sarasota Starbucks to Go Smoke-Free June 1 - Sarasota, FL Patch
http://i.imgur.com/ilZgzo8.jpg
Sarasota Starbucks to Go Smoke-Free June 1 - Sarasota, FL Patch
When Starbucks specifically banned vaping in their stores a couple of years ago, I figured a corporation stupid enough to do that was so stupid that it didn't need any funding from me. So, they went on my boycott list. I won't even let someone treat me to something from Starbucks.
FWIW, nearly all Starbucks are in rental properties and have no say over what happens on the sidewalks outside their doors.
Another bunch of ignorant looney-tunes runs Lowe's: you can't even leave smoking or e-smoking supplies in your car in their parking lot. Needless to say, this policy has honked off a bunch of small contractors and such, many of whom smoke or vape and many of whom won't patronize Lowe's anymore. Needless to say, Lowe's is on my boycott list also.
It's interesting that the other big-box home-improvement stores have been prospering lately, but Lowe's reports declining revenues and earnings.
FWIW, nearly all Starbucks are in rental properties and have no say over what happens on the sidewalks outside their doors.
Another bunch of ignorant looney-tunes runs Lowe's: you can't even leave smoking or e-smoking supplies in your car in their parking lot. Needless to say, this policy has honked off a bunch of small contractors and such, many of whom smoke or vape and many of whom won't patronize Lowe's anymore. Needless to say, Lowe's is on my boycott list also.
It's interesting that the other big-box home-improvement stores have been prospering lately, but Lowe's reports declining revenues and earnings.
FWIW, I sent the following message to Starbucks through their Contact Us page:
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I am inquiring about the new smoking ban outside of stores that goes into effect this weekend. I am an ex-smoker and have a personal vaporizer as my replacement therapy. A PV uses a glycerin and glycol base liquid that is vaporized and inhaled. There is nothing burning, no smoke, and no "second hand" risks associated with PVs. To the uninitiated, it can be mistakenly grouped with smoking (as in cigarette smoking), when it is very different and a very successful way to get away from cigarettes. Anyway, I just want to confirm that the new Starbucks smoking policy will not affect ex-smokers, like myself.
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I am inquiring about the new smoking ban outside of stores that goes into effect this weekend. I am an ex-smoker and have a personal vaporizer as my replacement therapy. A PV uses a glycerin and glycol base liquid that is vaporized and inhaled. There is nothing burning, no smoke, and no "second hand" risks associated with PVs. To the uninitiated, it can be mistakenly grouped with smoking (as in cigarette smoking), when it is very different and a very successful way to get away from cigarettes. Anyway, I just want to confirm that the new Starbucks smoking policy will not affect ex-smokers, like myself.
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And now we wait...
Good to know. Now lowes is on my list right below Starbucks. And fyi, I vape in home depot and no one ever seems to care.
Since second-hand vapor is less harmless than french fries vapor, and possibly in the same neighborhood as other food, milk, and coffee vapor, is there any chance we could take a sample of Starbucks air to a lab that has already analyzed e-cig second-hand air, and find out if we could truthfully start a national campaign saying "Starbucks air is more hazardous than e-cigs" ?
What lab could do such a thing?
It would be deadly dangerous to make a statement like that without lab proof, but WITH lab proof, it would be fun to watch them try to fight it!
What lab could do such a thing?
It would be deadly dangerous to make a statement like that without lab proof, but WITH lab proof, it would be fun to watch them try to fight it!
This sounds like an awesome idea. Too bad no media source will ever print it
First let's figure out if it's true and provable. What if it's only a teeny bit less hazardous than ecigs? They don't serve fries with that.
Being enforced our not. It still makes a statement to the public about the "harm" associated with second hand vapor
This is interesting, because it was reported back in 2010 that Starbucks had issued this policy...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarettes-public/104765-vaping-starbucks-patio.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarettes-public/104765-vaping-starbucks-patio.html
I wonder what their policy on not wearing pants within 25 feet of the entrance is?
I am torn on policies like this. On the one hand I don't want some AH blowing his/her vapor around me when I am sitting down to eat and on the other hand I don't want to see every store that has nothing to do with the food and beverage industry ban vaping because the fast food joint down the street did it. Just because you can doesn't always mean you should so some common sense and consideration to the people around you needs to be given or everybody will be banned everywhere. Anyway that's my 
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