Vaping in NYC?

[phishtraveler]

i am heading there in a week. i am wondering about e-cigs in NYC....will i be able to use this in my hotel or any restaurants? i know there is an indoor smoking ban and some sort of e-cig ban, right??

anyone know for sure?

 

[Morandir835]

I'm not sure what the exact rules are Phistraveler sir, what I can tell you is the cops aren't enforcing the anti-smoking laws in places like central park. They only respond if someone complains.... And the great Ron Bennington has a way around that. If someone gets on your case, just tell them you aren't smoking (or vaping). It's your word against their's, and you told them you weren't so...

 

[ThankU4Vaping]

What you vape in your hotel room stays in your hotel room (wink).
There is an indoor smoking ban and I believe you have to be 25ft away from a business's door to "smoke". Walking down many of the avenues where businesses are next to each other, you are always within 25ft of someone's door. In 2006, a coworker of mine (goth-looking chick) went to the city one day and she told me how a cop on eighth (maybe it was ninth) avenue yelled at her for smoking while walking down the avenue because she was within the "25 feet". She was ...... but the light was green to cross so she walked out to the middle of the crosswalk and smoked in the safe zone and finished her cig. lol.

There are a few on this forum who currently reside in NYC. Hopefully they'll see this and report on the city's current vaping tolerance or lack thereof.

 

[phishtraveler]

Thanks a bunch Morandir and ThankUforVaping.

 

[Mookelboo]

Mr. and I were just there on a mini-break. I wish I had a PV for the hotel room, I have one now though! Have to say I didn't get hassled on the street with the 25' rule and we stayed in Times Square, walked past NYC's finest with cig in hand. Also smoked directly outside the hotel door (3 feet tops) with no issue.

I didn't push the new rules with regards to parks though, I can't see how they can possibly enforce them. As for vaping in bars... I'll leave that to you how far you want to push. There's been a smoking ban in NYC for a long time now so, any smoke-ish looking stuff doesn't go unnoticed.

 

[Morandir835]

They really can't enforce it Ms. Mookelboo. Their idiot mayor said it himself.

 

[Mookelboo]

lol, pretty much.

 

[jeffree]

Phish, I travel a lot here and abroad and have never thought twice about vaping in my hotel rooms. Nor about vaping outside a hotel's entrance. No one's ever said a thing when I do, but I have my brief, polite excuse (and V4L card) ready, just in case.

I never push the vaping limits beyond that since I like to avoid conflict when traveling. But yeah, vaping in hotel rooms is one sweet advantage over cigs, eh? I've worried a little in small rooms with a fire alarm right above me (long time ago, I set one off with a long hot shower in a 20-story hotel), but I haven't heard of this happening with vaping and worry less and less. Well happy travels, man.

 

[Mary Kay]

Phish..I think the vaping rules are the least of your worries..that's big city! Don't get lost and stay safe.

 

[Yippykiyea]

How would anyone know if you vaped in your Hotel Room?

 

[EleanorR]

How would anyone know if you vaped in your Hotel Room?

Via the hidden cameras. This IS Nanny Bloomberg's Kingdom, remember!

 

[sharoline424]

How would anyone know if you vaped in your Hotel Room?

I don't see how they could. A co-worker tells me my 555 smells like fritos! lol

 

[phishtraveler]

they could charge you a cleaning fee if they think you are smoking in a non-smoking room. also, you can get on a black list for the hotel chain. not good.

How would anyone know if you vaped in your Hotel Room?

 

[ThankU4Vaping]

If the room was smoked in, it would smell. There may be other evidence such as ashes. The smell of a f*rt would last longer than the smell of any vape. I wouldn't worry, Phish.

 

[Joyce]

If the room was smoked in, it would smell. There may be other evidence such as ashes. The smell of a f*rt would last longer than the smell of any vape. I wouldn't worry, Phish.

I've had co-workers who pushed back against a room cleaning fine for actual smoking and had it removed. Hotel chains also fear a black list from large corporate travel accounts. So, yeah, I wouldn't worry about vaping. It does NOT smell like smoke, and I defy any maid or desk clerk to provide evidence of smoking.

 

[krazie_Kid]

Mr. and I were just there on a mini-break. I wish I had a PV for the hotel room, I have one now though! Have to say I didn't get hassled on the street with the 25' rule and we stayed in Times Square, walked past NYC's finest with cig in hand. Also smoked directly outside the hotel door (3 feet tops) with no issue.

I didn't push the new rules with regards to parks though, I can't see how they can possibly enforce them. As for vaping in bars... I'll leave that to you how far you want to push. There's been a smoking ban in NYC for a long time now so, any smoke-ish looking stuff doesn't go unnoticed.

Back in '07 and 0'8 I smoked a pipe, the coppers in NYC asked if I had pot in it, I said no, showed him the bag and walked around NYC, infront of buildings, the park and everything smoking it, not being harrassed by anyone. On LI I use my e cig everywhere and no one says a word.

 

[SnowDragon]

In N.Y. I'd worry more about bed bugs than vaping.

 

[krazie_Kid]

Yeah, NYC has bad bedbugs, and so does Conn. I learned that the hard way xD

 

[Biomom]

I went to visit NYC last fall and my friend/resident who also vapes warned me not to vape in the restaurants or the subway because conflict with a NYC resident is something to avoid at all times We were fine walking outside however.