Vaping permission

[patkin]

in public:
in view of other people; when others are present

 

[SantanzChild]

When I smoked I never lit up or asked if it was OK to smoke in someones house. Mainly because I never smoked in my own house. I would simply excuse myself and do what I had to do outside. I also never smoked in public where it was prohibited, but felt free to smoke in designated areas or far enough away from people where it wasn't going to bother someone.

As a vaper I'm just going to follow the same thing now except for not vaping in my own house.

This is it here. If you want more courtesy then that or want to do your fake cough crap I'll blow a giant cloud at you and tell you to go somewhere else if you don't like it.

And that's nicer a response then you would of gotten when I smoked.

 

[pechep]

Education is key, but applying it is critical. When someone comes up and asks you "what are you smoking" you can only educate them so far in regards to what should be social norms. This is why crazy laws like "no vaping within 50 feet of an entrance" are around without sufficient research. Sadly the cigarette had taken this norm to the very extreme via people, and from that our governments are determined to put a leash on PVs much sooner than the cigarette for various reasons.

 

[lilmrsyeti]

For the ones saying people are giving them dirty looks when they are outside vaping...it could be that they don't know the difference. I know I sure didn't until a while back when I started. If someone is some what away from you, then yes, it does look like you are smoking, not Vaping.


I'm like most others on here...I only Vape where I would have smoked. Because, YES! Your Vape does smell! Not like a real Cig, but it does still smell. A lot of people are sensitive to strong smells..and I know several of my juices are strong smelling. I can be nearly 10 feet from my husband, and he'll take a drag of off some of his juices, and I don't even have to look at which tank he's using, I can smell it! Usually the fruity ones, to me, smell the strongest.

So, just wanted to throw that out there..and like someone else mentioned...some people are in fact Allergic to PG/VG. Haven't seen anyone mention someone they know having an allergic reaction to just smelling it from juices...but hey, ya never know??

 

[serenity21899]

As a smoker, I was always extremely courteous, not smoking around others and/or asking random people in the vicinity if my smoke would bother them. If they said yes, I did not smoke.

I am very new to vaping and so far, I have a completely different mindset. I can think of nothing I feel more adamantly about at the moment, except maybe politics.

At least for the time being, I have no intention of requesting permission to vape anywhere I choose. Why? IT'S NOT SMOKE AND I AM NOT SMOKING! There is no smell. I view it like having to ask to breathe and I'm not going to do it.

I read another thread that appeared to be started by someone who was not a vaper, where the majority if not everyone was all about asking permission. I would have posted this there, but the thread was closed.

Curious how other vapers feel. Thanks.

I still ask, especially in other people's homes. Many people do not understand vaping, and you have to esplain it to them first. Common curtosy (sp) never goes out of style.

 

[Esharp]

I don't feel I need permission to vape when I'm outside, whether it's on a sidewalk, parking lot or a park. If it is someones house or business, that's different. Most of the fears that people may have, they are getting there opinions from two sources, one being their views on smoking or from the ANTZ's campaign against e-cigs. It's up to us to educate, not run and hide like were doing something wrong. I personally believe that car exhausts are deadly than smoking, so I don't really accept arguments against vaping.

 

[Ahoy]

I have a general rule of thumb with public vaping...

-Make sure children are not around you...just as if you were smoking a cigarette
-Make sure it's not in peoples faces...I tend to take a few steps away from people and vape away from everyone unless smokers are around me or a fellow vaper.
-If at a party, ask if it's going to bother anyone if it is indoors.
-Don't be a d-bag about vaping. Just because it's better than smoking doesn't give us the right to get snobby...just like driving a hybrid car..you don't get snobby about driving something that's better for the enviroment then a diesel truck. (reminds me of the south park episode)

 

[donwuan]

I treat vaping like real analog cigarettes. Distance myself from others and try and be as stealthy as possible.

Few of my fellow managers made a joke about it looking like a crack pipe(clearomizer). Educated all my employees about what I was using now. Just incase some customer comes through complaining about a crack pipe.

Not looking for attention and not trying to educate anyone on vaping besides close friends and family.

 

[Coyote.au]

Probably a good coarse to travel, is vaping appears so similar to smoking logs to the uninitiated,
that it definitley can be perceived to be smoking, which we all understand it is not,though still a habit

I don't think that vaping around children and younger folk is necessary
as it advertises a deadly habit that we all have hopefully escaped with out to much damage,
I do however think that we all should communicate advocate strongly to fellow mortals who are still stuck in denial of their own mortality and continue with tobacco products.

We alone are responsible for our decision to stop logging and to vape.
It is something we have done for ourselves and those who care about us.

In general people persecute others for so many differing reasons, lets all be responsible
in all our en devours.

Some time's I just think to much now where's that pipe? woops oh umm my contemplative Mod and atty That's it some things change slowly and so turns the world.

 

[Wallelf]

The more we antagonize the more likely the misinformed are to pass laws or put up signs.

^^This +20

 

[Asmotron]

I think my wife found a good way to put it: Vaping isn't a cheat code.

Just because its not smoking doesn't mean that everyone knows or understands that. I saw a video of a girl .....ing about getting yelled at after she took a puff at an outdoor eatery...

I have no sympathy for her unless there were signs up that said vaping was OK or if she had already asked permission. Treat it like a Cig l unless you've cleared it with the place you are at, or they have made it clear tgat it is ok.

My friend and owner of my favorite pub sees it the same way. He understands what an ecig is, but feels it is best to not "cheat" and take it outside.

 

[stevegmu]

In your face vaping is why places have begun putting up no e-cig signs.

 

[serendipitee]

Seriously, what is "in your face vaping"?
I don't know how that would even be possible unless you got right up in someone's face and blew the vapor. I mean, come on, who's going to do that? Additionally, I barely get enough vapor for it to even be seen by anyone. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I personally have never seen a no vaping sign anywhere. Perhaps vaping is just not that common in Texas. No one has said a word or looked askance at me yet.
As for the smell, I was at my parents house with my nephews (they are all very sensitive to smoke) and no one could smell anything. Perhaps it's because I use only 0mg or 6mg nicotine.

 

[patkin]

"If someone asked me to stop, I probably would or I'd leave the premises."

there ya go... back in the day when the ANTZ were still hiding in their cracks, they didn't ask anyone to stop smoking around them... they just saw to it that they couldn't by getting laws passed. Like I said, history repeats... they'll do the same to vapers... myself included... we all have a horse in this race... what some vapers do will affect all the rest.

May I ask, with respect, why it seems so hard for you to just ask if its okay when your sharing a space with another person?

 

[stevegmu]

Seriously, what is "in your face vaping"?
I don't know how that would even be possible unless you got right up in someone's face and blew the vapor. I mean, come on, who's going to do that? Additionally, I barely get enough vapor for it to even be seen by anyone. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I personally have never seen a no vaping sign anywhere. Perhaps vaping is just not that common in Texas. No one has said a word or looked askance at me yet.
As for the smell, I was at my parents house with my nephews (they are all very sensitive to smoke) and no one could smell anything. Perhaps it's because I use only 0mg or 6mg nicotine.

Read through enough posts, and you will find a few who will vape anywhere as a challenge, asking for confrontation.
I almost get enough vapor to make it rain...
I have heard Taco Bells have begun putting up no e-cig signs. Same with various malls near where I live. Eventually all restaurants will have no e-cig signs.

 

[soundprysm]

um...no one expects the spanish inquisition.?

 

[soundprysm]

Why do these discussions always come down to the extremes?

um... No one expects the Spanish Inquisition...

 

[hottierockstar]

Seriously, what is "in your face vaping"?
I don't know how that would even be possible unless you got right up in someone's face and blew the vapor. I mean, come on, who's going to do that? Additionally, I barely get enough vapor for it to even be seen by anyone. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I personally have never seen a no vaping sign anywhere. Perhaps vaping is just not that common in Texas. No one has said a word or looked askance at me yet.
As for the smell, I was at my parents house with my nephews (they are all very sensitive to smoke) and no one could smell anything. Perhaps it's because I use only 0mg or 6mg nicotine.

to me "in your face vaping" is the "i do what i want, when i want, where i want" with no thought or consideration to the consequences....just like getting in someone's face is usually with no thought beyond the immediate moment....
if you aren't getting much vapor....you maybe could be doing something "better" or differently (don't want to say you are doing something wrong if you are enjoying it and it is satisfying you)
IMO vaping is not like smoking at all and a lot of smokers give up on ecigs because they are trying to do it like they smoke and it is not the same at all. I let a friend use one of my setups for an hour or so the other day and showed her the difference between what she was trying and how i do it and she was like "Oh! that is different..and better"
it seems like there are a LOT of vapers in texas...or at least a lot on this forum

 

[wv2win]

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I'm like most others on here...I only Vape where I would have smoked. Because, YES! Your Vape does smell! Not like a real Cig, but it does still smell. A lot of people are sensitive to strong smells..and I know several of my juices are strong smelling. I can be nearly 10 feet from my husband, and he'll take a drag of off some of his juices, and I don't even have to look at which tank he's using, I can smell it! Usually the fruity ones, to me, smell the strongest.....................

From the posts I have read, you are not like most others on here. At best it is 50/50.

And if you are really concerned with the smell of your eliquid, then vape an eliquid when around others that doesn't smell like many of us do.

 

[wv2win]

I treat vaping like real analog cigarettes. Distance myself from others and try and be as stealthy as possible.

Few of my fellow managers made a joke about it looking like a crack pipe(clearomizer). Educated all my employees about what I was using now. Just incase some customer comes through complaining about a crack pipe.

Not looking for attention and not trying to educate anyone on vaping besides close friends and family.

Then the perception you are providing everyone is that vaping is as dangerous as smoking and should be kept far away from others. Perception is reality.