Vaping in public/at work?

[sibsie]

I've noticed that vapers seem to become non-smokers physically long before it soaks in mentally. We can quit smoking in a day but, in our minds, we're still smokers months later. How many of us would never think about booking a "non-smoking" cruise. How many of us won't vape in a non-smoking hotel room, or anywhere else smoking is forbidden? How many of us have no problem with being herded like cattle into smoking areas where we can take on the scent, pollution and image we tried so hard to rid ourselves of? If we want to be treated like pariahs like smokers, discriminated against and ostracized like smokers, we need only to act like smokers. We're more likely to be treated like a non-smoker if we act like one.

I had this yesterday. I had a 4 hour sit before my flight back to Boston in Minneapolis. I rushed outside to the smoking area to vape, took two hits and thought 'what the hell am I doing' and went back inside the airport. Being in uniform I didn't want to vape in public areas or in our crew room there so I just waited til I got back to Boston. Bizarrely the usual oh my God I've got to rush and have a smoke, urge just wasn't there so it didn't bother me that I was 7 hours before I could get some nicotine so I guess vaping is helping to quell those urges too.

When I was waiting for the employee bus to take me back to the parking lot, I got my eGo-T out and the crew I was with stared daggers and moved back about 10' feet from me. I just said "for the love of God people, it's banana flavored steam"!!! and then they calmed down.

 

[sailorman]

... I can live an hour without my PV so I don't see the need. I do however vape at work, in the office. My boss doesn't care and actually prefers it cuz I smell better and don't go outside every hour to smoke anymore...

Isn't this just like the sentiment "I've got nothing to hide, so I don't care if I'm searched or have my privacy invaded"? This is what gives authority figures the feeling that they get to decide what you are allowed to do. It tells them that it's o.k. with you if they restrict your rights or freedoms because you don't really NEED too much of them. They say "You don't NEED this or that", so why would you object? But it's not a matter of need. The next thing you know, you (Not you personally. You in the general sense) don't NEED to vape much at all. You don't need to vape in this bar, this restaurant, this building or that building or that park or that sidewalk or that office or that area over there or the one over here. You don't NEED to vape in a car or bus or airplane or taxi. Next thing you know, the only place you NEED to vape is only where they can't see you. Your house. But not in your bedroom or your kitchen our your kid's room or your living room or your bathroom. You only NEED to vape in your garage. With the door closed.

 

[Dan Halen]

It's all about having class and not rubbing it in peoples faces IMO. Don't go blowing your big vape clouds in restaurants and at work, it does nothing but freak people out who don't know what it is. Be classy,cup your vape and exhale in downward. It's all the "show offs" that are going to ruin this for everyone. A guy who works at the starbucks said the company will not allow the use of e-cigs in their establishment as "it is something that appears to condone smoking" While that is an ignorant statement I can see how they dont want non smokers/non vapers to get freaked out.

My friend and I have a long running joke when we go out to eat..."Good evening sirs, would you like to sit in vaping or non-vaping? I should also warn you that we allow vaping in the non-vaping section"

 

[Harplayr]

I have never felt the urge to vape in areas where I did not smoke before.
Going for a smoke break continues to be a social thing but now has less health hazards associated with it. I just try to stand up wind.

I'm pretty much the same way. When I'm out, I find that I don't need to vape so badly that I need to risk bothering others, and don't really want the attention vaping where you can't smoke brings, or to have to give the constant explainations or to plead with the owner to allow it.

I behave much like I did when I smoked. I tend to wait until I finish my meal and vape outside or in my car when I'm out. Heck, I enjoy getting up every once in a while and moving around so it doesn't bother me to do so.

 

[iznogood1]

Experiensed apx. a month ago in an shopping mall, that security told me to put that: "Tube bomb away" ?? I waped an Bolt with extension rings on as I use Kick in it too.. OK it´s an bit more oversized than an discreet 501 or similar one...
Totally confuzed I put it away and pulled out my eGo-T with an CE4 on and asked if it was ok with this one ?
Never got any answers there, besides the standard: It´s not allowed to smoke in here!" ??
OK then.. arrest me and then show proff of I have been burning any kinda thing.. I don´t even have an lighter on me? or anything similar that I can light up any thing. ;-)
Small and funny storie now.. just not at that time.
Ole F

 

[Ctor]

Hi all-

Vegas is a pretty smoke-friendly town, but they have passed new laws like most other states where you cannot smoke in public common areas (lobbys, restaurants, stores, in malls, etc)

Have you had problems with vaping in grocery stores or other "smoke-free" establishments? If so, did they change their story after you explained to them that you are NOT smoking but vaping?

What about at work? Do you openly vape or do you go outside like smokers? Or other?

I'm wondering how to approach the situation. In restaurants, we usually ask the hostess or waitress if they allow it. Usually no one has an issue.

The other day I was vaping (purely out of habit) while strolling through the grocery store. I got a few strange looks, but no one said anything.

Any one have any horror stories or lessons learned?

Thanks! happy vaping!
-Gabi

Hi,

I've only been at it about 4 weeks, but I've vaped just about everywhere. I vape at work at my desk, and have in stores and restaurants. So far it's only been with a Blu that's black in color, and along with the blue led, most people realize immediately it's not a real cigarette. Several people have asked me about it.

Maybe I'm just lucky .

 

[kabonk]

I've been working from home for the past 3 years so I'm used to vaping when ever I feel like it but I'm about to go back to my old job working from an office so I think I will try stealth vaping with mild flavors I was there for 3 years before I started working from home so I'm pretty sure as long as the smell of my juice doesn't offend I can get away with it but we will see

 

[darkElf2001]

I vape at work i my cube. No issues from management. I think its silly to walk around a store and vape. You would not do it with a analog, so why do it with a ecig?

 

[water4choc]

I vape at work all the time. When I first started I explained to everyone at work what an e-cigarette is and showed them what it looked like. Everyone was so happy that I stopped smoking analogs and had absolutely no problem with me vaping at work. So glad I don't have to go outside to smoke anymore, especially when its freezing outside and snowing or windy.

 

[beamrider]

I've only been vaping for about a month now, but I do it everywhere. Granted, if I'm inside somewhere, I dont take the usual 9 second monster hits that I do outside/at home/etc, but I dont exhale any vapor/smoke either. I had one guy at Home Depot tell me "smoking isnt allowed in here", so I took another hit, held my breath for about 5 seconds, and exhaled. Nothing visible was exhaled, either, and I asked him "Just exactly what is it you think you see me "smoking", anyway?" In response, I got the typical retail robot look, and I walked away. So now I figure, as long as I dont exhale anything visible, I'll vape when and where I want to.

 

[beamrider]

I vape at work i my cube. No issues from management. I think its silly to walk around a store and vape. You would not do it with a analog, so why do it with a ecig?

Well, for those of us who are old enough, we remember the time when you COULD walk around a store and smoke. Remember, smoking used to be done everywhere, indoors and out. I'm only 40, but I remember being able to smoke in grocery stores, department stores, restaurants, bars, courthouses, you name it.

 

[Angi2299]

Well, for those of us who are old enough, we remember the time when you COULD walk around a store and smoke. Remember, smoking used to be done everywhere, indoors and out. I'm only 40, but I remember being able to smoke in grocery stores, department stores, restaurants, bars, courthouses, you name it.

I'm only in my 30's, but as a teenager, I remember everyone still smoked at the hardware stores. How dangerous is that - raw building materials, lumber, etc. and burning cigarettes? Most restaurants still had "smoking sections" that were just an invisible line around a group of tables. Some even had little signs on the tables and if they ran out of "smoking" tables, they would just go in the back and get a few more signs to put out.

So, I vape where I want, discreetly but not covertly. I vape in my house (never smoked in the house). I vape in my car. I vape in restaurants. I have not vaped at the movies because I rarely go to the movies. I vape at the mall and the grocery store. I don't walk around with my PV in my hand, I just pull it out of my pocket, vape and put it back. It is not a big deal.

 

[sailorman]

I vape at work i my cube. No issues from management. I think its silly to walk around a store and vape. You would not do it with a analog, so why do it with a ecig?

To answer your question, because an e-cig is not an analog. Simple as that.

Actually, I would do it with an analog if they were as inoffensive as a PV. I used smoke everywhere and so did everyone else. And you know what, even smoking, I got almost no complaints or requests to stop, ever. Neither did anyone else, at the time. When we smokers were asked to stop, we did, because even before the health issues surfaced, we recognized it could be offensive to reasonable people. Vaping is not a danger or offensive to reasonable people. Only the ignorant or the anti-nicotine zealots or people who cannot tolerate seeing other people enjoy themselves find vaping offensive. I feel no need to respect feelings rooted in that kind of mentality.

Anti-smoking laws were not installed because people were offended. You may not be old enough to remember, but there was no outcry from the general public or office workers, or restaurant patrons that led to indoor smoking bans. They were instituted in response to perceived health issues. Those health issues do not exist with vaping. There is absolutely no logical or public health reason for a blanket ban indoor vaping. If someone wants to do it in their private establishment, that's their right. But what is silly is pretending that vapor and smoke are in any way equivalent.

What is silly is for people who don't like smoke to claim the right to ban, or object to, something because it looks like smoke.

That's the problem with restrictions on freedom. You get people used to them and nobody remembers when they didn't exist. They become "normal" and the new status quo.

If you saw someone in a bar with a toy parrot on his shoulder it would be silly looking. But you wouldn't think it's silly because he wouldn't bring a real parrot into a bar. If someone mistakes it for a real parrot, that's his problem, not the person with the toy parrot. And the offended person has no right to insist on a ban of toy parrots because he's allergic to bird feathers.

 

[Shugaphix]

wow this got buried I had fun reading all your responses I can tell you I won't be vaping in Scotland anytime soon though

 

[hassanm]

I would never vape at work. I work in retail, would probably get into a lot of trouble if I pulled out a ecig in front of customers and started puffing away.

 

[wv2win]

Hey I've been told that the government is passing laws now that is stopping the whole vaping in public thing. Is that true? And if so.. um WHY?!?!?! Ya think the cig companies are behind this at all? Grrr.. is making me so mad I can't stand it. I will always vape in public and I don't care what others say, I will just do the stealth vape thing.

Happy Stealth Vaping everyone! =)

It has nothing to do with Big Tobacco. It is Big Pharm that is the problem. And if it really makes you mad (as it should), then help yourself and all who vape by joining and financially supporting

CASAA

 

[Moena]

I'm a cosmetologist and I moonlight as a bartender. when i'm in my salon I just go to the breakroom, no one has an issue with it, in fact I have already converted one person. I love it because allot of my clients don't smoke, so I can sneak some nic and no one knows! When i'm at my night job its even better. I live in NC, which has been smoke free for 3 years now. because I am fee to vape to my hearts content,I am constantly exposing this awsum smoking alternative to customers as well as employees. And i'm happy to say I have converted 3 girls I work with!

 

[jwbrint]

I vape while at work when I'm in my cubicle but I still stealth vape when I do. I usually don't pull out my big tanks while at work and instead use a clear mini tank cartomizer so it is easier to stealth vape.

 

[bock]

I am going to visit Nevada and California this summer. Are there any problems with vaping in that states?

 

[El Diablo Marrón]

I'm shy about it is public due to the pot vaporisers that look like the Lavatube I use..being i live in a pot friendly state,I don't wanna be stopped for using my PV.
At work i vape openly in the smokers hut.