Vaping in the Incheon International Airport ... OK?

[Jim N]

I'm going to be passing through Seoul on the way to the PI. Can I vape in the airport or do I have to go to the stinky smoking lounge?

 

[shamash]

Probably need to go to the smoking lounge, or stealth in the bathroom. vaping is pretty unknown here. At least we HAVE smoking lounges in the airport, though

 

[Jim N]

Probably need to go to the smoking lounge, or stealth in the bathroom ...

I rather suspected that would be the case. I think I'd rather "stealth" vape in the bathroom than stand in the smoking lounge and come out smelling like smoke.

Thanks for the response.

 

[GIMike]

At least we HAVE smoking lounges in the airport, though

I thought this was pretty cool, the little smoking booths inside the airport (not in an outer room) with "air curtains" to keep the smoke in. Was pretty interesting as I'd never seen one before.

 

[Valsacar]

I vape through it all the time. I wouldn't say vaping is unknown, I see people vaping (Koreans and foreigners) all the time. In fact, a year ago when I was going through Incheon one of the security guys came up to me, I was expecting to hear something since I was vaping at the time. Instead, he pulled out his box mod.

 

[Jim N]

... one of the security guys came up to me, I was expecting to hear something since I was vaping at the time. Instead, he pulled out his box mod.

I would've thought the same.

 

[mitsuhashi]

It's probably not allowed, but since you're a passing foreigner, they'll do no more than give you a warning, if that. Just feign ignorance.

From what I've seen, Korea's sort of been made into a vape-averse country, because, Hello? The Korean government has a monopoly on ALL cigarette imports and exports. E-liquid is taxed by the mL, and there's been quite a few articles about how vaping is legally treated the same way as smoking. Well, at least when I was there and a vaper, shady media outlets were constantly writing up articles on how e-liquid sometimes contained huge amounts of carcinogens and how they could even be more dangerous than traditional cigarettes. Regular people who have not heard the correct information from friends and family that vape really think that vaping is a big scam that's just as or even more dangerous than smoking.

 

[MrKV]

Try it and find out haha... Going to PI? I was just over there last year, what a corrupt country. You have to pay a "terminal fee" just to go in... Kind of ridiculous.

 

[MrKV]

Probably need to go to the smoking lounge, or stealth in the bathroom. Vaping is pretty unknown here. At least we HAVE smoking lounges in the airport, though

Narita has lounges too, I think Japan is one of the most smoker friendly countries in the world.

 

[Sam Vimes]

I was there, flying out, a few weeks ago. Going again in a few weeks.

Technically, only allowed in the smoking lounges, which are plentiful.

Really, you can pretty much stealth vape all over.

SV