still ashamed to vape in public

[NightSky]

Never cared once, as long as I'm not vaping in peoples personal space I could care less if they look.

 

[LMS62]

Never cared once, as long as I'm not vaping in peoples personal space I could care less if they look.

That's exactly how I feel as well.

 

[jonnychadootz]

My 1st question would be, Why would you be embarrassed/or feel odd? You were sucking 4000+ chemicals in your face when smoking actual cigarettes and now that you took a rather large step to something alot less harmful you care about what people think? If those same people did even a .... hairs worth of research they would come to the conclusion that there isn't anything harmful enough (when vaping) to do any damage via 2nd hand. Probably not breaking any new ground here but:

PG: is used in smoke machines (which are obviously used alot and in close proximity to humans) Think we would know by now if there was even a potential issue)

VG: is used in all types of health/beauty and first aid products

I have very little patience for people that assume as apposed to learning (not any1 here, referring to people giving you stupid looks for vaping in public)

Damnit NightSky you are seriously making me miss Cowboy Bebop

 

[Swoozy]

Vape loud and proud my friend. I never vape inside a public space unless they allow smoking. You think smokers share a unspoken bond?

They have nothing on us vapers

 

[Maiar]

Since I'm Canadian and we have an epidemic of politeness in this country, I plan ahead. If I know I'm going to be stuck inside for a long time I just put some high PG juice in one of my little evods and use that on the lowest setting on my battery so I still get precious nicotine and nobody really notices the tiny little clouds it makes. If it's somewhere out in public but I can go outside once in awhile I just use normal 50-50 juice in a protank2 or whatever. If i'm somewhere like a friends house or home, you know somewhere comfortable, or I'm trying to convert a smoker to vaping, I bust out the high VG stuff on one of my dual coil systems like my emow. You know, show em you can get decent vapor for relatively cheap.

 

[bullet08]

i avoid vaping around kids. but other than that, i wouldn't care what others think about what i'm doing. if they don't like it, they can look away.

 

[hurricanegirl100]

I don't feel ashamed about vaping in public at all. What, ya look cooler with a cigarette? Those things are just sad. Sad because you know that smoker is killing themselves, sad because analogs smell awful, sad because that poor smoker either doesn't know about e-smokes or (saddest of all) they've closed their minds to a new idea.

 

[kfolse107]

I'm not ashamed to vape in public. What other people think about me is none of my business

 

[pbxbelmar]

When I first quit cigs and started vaping I treated it as if it were a cig. If there was no smoking I didn't vape. Now that it's been a few months I don't worry about it much. Still don't vape in places that restrict smoking, though. And I avoid blowing it in people's faces - unless they ask me what it is. Then I ask them what it smells like and it's always, 'it smells nice, kinda sweet...'

I own a little bookstore and at first didn't vape in there, either. Now, however, I do if I want to. Thus far, all of my customers are congratulatory when I tell them I've quit smoking and are curious about vaping - especially those who still smoke. I hand out cards for the local vape shop to those interested. In fact, last week my sister-in-law met me at the shop so I could give her my starter kit. She wants to quit smoking. There were several customers in the store while I explained how to use it to her. They were all very nice about it.

So - little by little I'm losing the 'shyness' or shame about it.

Have to admit, though, that in the beginning I was also 'shamed' into the mindset that I was doing something wrong. Not so anymore.