What are your Vaping etiquettes?

[gofishtx]

I don't vape where you can't smoke with the exception that while at work I will slip into our walk in flower cooler and grab a couple of puffs since I usually don't take breaks. I don't vape in other people's homes unless they also vape or smoke inside. I vape at home and in my vehicle mostly or outside in public.

 

[Robino1]

If in a setting that is typically smoke free, I will ask if vaping is allowed. Sometimes I get a yes, sometimes I get a no. I abide by the wishes of the establishment. If I get a yes, I vape very respectfully. Most of the time I release no vapor.

If I am in a hotel room, I will vape. I do not ask if it is allowed or not. They will never know.

When I go to someone's house, I will ask and explain if they do not know what it is. Typically my friends all know that I was a smoker and that I have quit smoking with the aid of vaping. I have not been asked not to vape.

I will vape in an airport seating area. If no vapor comes out, am I really vaping? With the advent of having to be at the airport hours ahead of time....... (some have knocked that down to 75 minutes ahead) I have perfected the no vapor escaping.

Outdoors is fair game.

 

[daleron]

I don't vape in no smoking places ... that's about it

 

[Rule62]

I'm careful about where I vape, and who is around, for one simple reason. I vape one way, and one way only. I'm an ex cigar and pipe smoker, so my builds and style of vaping replicate that. I have no desire to alter my style, so that I can take little 'tootle puffs' in public places, or around crowds of people. A lot of people have separate devices for when they are out and about, versus when they are home. Nothing against that; but I don't.

 

[skoony]

I have pretty much decided to to vape where ever I feel like vaping.
Outdoors i vape openly,period. Indoors at public venues I stealth vape.
As of yet I have not caused anyone to suffer any kind of toxicological shock
in my presence. I live by the creed what they don't see won't and can't
hurt them.
That's just me.

Was I the guy sitting next to you regards,
Mike

 

[wheelie]

Vaping etiquette? Gotta do what I gotta do. Catch me if you can! LOL

 

[DaLegion]

If in a setting that is typically smoke free, I will ask if vaping is allowed. Sometimes I get a yes, sometimes I get a no. I abide by the wishes of the establishment. If I get a yes, I vape very respectfully. Most of the time I release no vapor.

I'm just like this. Usually I will ask a manager or shift lead to verify that I'm okay to vape. If they say no, I would abide by their rules and simply put it away. I see no reason to vape 24/7

 

[Munk]

Vape openly at my house, in my car, and outdoors (for the most part). I don't usually vape in close proximity to other people, regardless of where I am, unless they know I vape and/or are smokers. But I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't stealth vaping all over the place, like all the time...I should probably work on that lol

 

[TheMike21]

I vape openly when outdoors, and generally I don't vape where I didn't smoke, I did manage to convince everybody in the office they wouldn't die and now I vape at the office, I even have a small fan that I blow into and it clear it all in seconds. Sometimes they even play guess the flavor with the smell. As for indoors I used to smoke in my house, my parent's house and houses where smoking was allowed. If I went to a house where nobody smoked, I would ask the owner.
Funny story, I was once approached by a security guard outside a hospital, I saw him coming very ready to tell me to walk away until he realized it was a vape, he went "Oh! sorry sir, I thought you were smoking, have a good day" and walked away.

 

[pappcam]

I assume the vast majority here used vaping to quit smoking. Did you all smoke in washroom stalls, airport waiting areas, grocery stores, restaurants, etc.?

Why do you now need to vape in those places if you didn't smoke there before? Is vaping that much more addictive for you?

I'm dead serious when I say you and those clueless kids that blow themselves up with terrible batteries and badly designed mech mod setups are going to ruin vaping for the rest of us.

 

[daviedog]

From the past, darkly.
Thank you for holding your breath while i Vape..

 

[Robino1]

Yeah, I did until years ago when they lied about second hand smoke in order to demonize and bully smokers.

I know that is not what you are getting at. The same mental process is the same though. Demonize, demoralize, shame. Even though they are Not the same, they are being treated the same. Even following the same playbook to rid the world of nicotine users.

If it produces something like smoke, it must be bad.

Smoking was and is not able to be used in a stealth fashion. Even when not being smoked, the cigarette continued to deliver smoke, smelly smoke at that, so there was no way to hide the fact. Even though school kids would try to get away with it in the bathrooms....way back in the day.

Vaping can be used in a stealth manner. If I am able to vape without ANY vapor being seen, is that still bad? No one is getting that 'second hand' vapor. There is none. The only thing that is released is my breath. But that is being released anyway.....

Convince me that stealth vaping is bad.

 

[Munk]

Why do you now need to vape in those places if you didn't smoke there before? Is vaping that much more addictive for you?

I think it comes down to nicotine being addictive, and vaping being 1000 times more convenient than smoking.

I used to smoke a half pack a day, so about one cigarette every 1-2 hours. I did this in part because there isn't a practical way to have a couple drags, put the cigarette out, carry it with me, light up the next time I had a craving, repeat. So instead, I would smoke a whole cigarette even though I didn't really need to, just to keep me satisfied for a longer period of time.

With vaping it's different. I CAN take one or two puffs as I need it instead of sitting down and forcing myself to take 20 as was the case with cigarettes. But the consequence is that now I get more frequent cravings that only take a couple puffs to satisfy, instead of less frequent cravings that demanded dozens of puffs to satisfy.

Little by little, I vaped more and more often until now, where I vape all the time. It really does concern me if I'm being totally honest. What reassures me is that I'm using vaping to quit nicotine all together (via nic content, not frequency). I'll get there in time, but for now I am still on the nicotine leash...it's just more like one of those extendable leashes.

 

[Bunnykiller]

I aint got no eddie kits...

 

[Rule62]

I'm old enough to remember when you actually could walk around in a grocery store, smoking. There were even ash trays around. It was common. It seems kinda ridiculous now, even to me, an ex smoker. I also remember when smoking was allowed on airplanes,in restaurants, movie theaters, shopping malls, etc. it was the norm. It took years to change the public perception of smoking from good to bad. It didn't happen overnight. Likewise, I suspect it will take a while to change the public's opinion of vaping. At one time, over 50% of Americans smoked. Currently, it's less than 20%, and a far smaller percentage are vapers.

 

[hurricanegirl100]

I stealth vaped in the bathroom of the Smithsonian's American History museum last weekend lol...that place was incredible and we didn't want to leave! That's a rare situation, though...and I used one of my high-ohm BCC tanks, instead of my sub-ohmies.

Just remembered..I vaped in our non-smoking hotel room in DC. No problem at all.

I vape in my office, too. As long as I don't bring a sub-ohm tank into work, nobody has a problem with it. I've been vaping at work for over four years now.

As for the rest of it, I vape anywhere outdoors I feel like vaping.

I don't vape on the train into work, I don't vape in elevators. I will stealth vape in a movie theater!
If (rare occasion) I'm in a bar and they don't allow vaping in there, I take my money somewhere else. I've only had to do that twice.

 

[hurricanegirl100]

Yeah, I did until years ago when they lied about second hand smoke in order to demonize and bully smokers.

I know that is not what you are getting at. The same mental process is the same though. Demonize, demoralize, shame. Even though they are Not the same, they are being treated the same. Even following the same playbook to rid the world of nicotine users.

If it produces something like smoke, it must be bad.

Smoking was and is not able to be used in a stealth fashion. Even when not being smoked, the cigarette continued to deliver smoke, smelly smoke at that, so there was no way to hide the fact. Even though school kids would try to get away with it in the bathrooms....way back in the day.

Vaping can be used in a stealth manner. If I am able to vape without ANY vapor being seen, is that still bad? No one is getting that 'second hand' vapor. There is none. The only thing that is released is my breath. But that is being released anyway.....

Convince me that stealth vaping is bad.

It's not bad unless you get caught, Robin. Then, you get the "inconsiderate/rude/thoughtless" comments that I'd rather avoid. I'm not convinced that vaping anywhere you please is the best avenue for us vapers to take. Sure, we can stand there and try to educate people about harmful contaminants (or lack thereof) and parts per million in studies that have been done. But generally, the people who are {moderated} aren't interested. They just want the vapor to stop.

If we're going to be accepted by society, honking off those that don't share our views probably isn't the best way to go. For that reason, like I said, I don't vape on a crowded rush hour train. I don't vape in elevators if there's someone in there besides me. And I'm totally fine with stealth-vaping in theater where I paid $13.50 to sit for two and a half hours! But the only public place I vape sub-ohm tanks is in a B&M vape shop. Nowhere else.

 

[pappcam]

It's not bad unless you get caught, Robin. Then, you get the "inconsiderate/rude/thoughtless" comments that I'd rather avoid. I'm not convinced that vaping anywhere you please is the best avenue for us vapers to take. Sure, we can stand there and try to educate people about harmful contaminants (or lack thereof) and parts per million in studies that have been done. But generally, the people who are {moderated} aren't interested. They just want the vapor to stop.

If we're going to be accepted by society, honking off those that don't share our views probably isn't the best way to go. For that reason, like I said, I don't vape on a crowded rush hour train. I don't vape in elevators if there's someone in there besides me. And I'm totally fine with stealth-vaping in theater where I paid $13.50 to sit for two and a half hours! But the only public place I vape sub-ohm tanks is in a B&M vape shop. Nowhere else.

Did you smoke in the same situation? I assume not so why the change or the apparent overwhelming need to vape?

 

[Munk]

Did you smoke in the same situation? I assume not so why the change or the apparent overwhelming need to vape?

I gave you an answer to this question, what are your thoughts?

"I think it comes down to nicotine being addictive, and vaping being 1000 times more convenient than cigarettes."

 

[hurricanegirl100]

Nope, Papp. I didn't smoke on a rush hour train, either lol...and I took a dim view of the ...... who did. To the point that I actually took the cigarette out of someone's mouth who had refused my polite request to put it out, and ground it out on the floor of the train to the applause of a 40-50 people.

Shoulda seen that homeboy's face...lol...but he was smart enough to figure out that if he had retaliated, those people applauding would have shut him down.

I didn't stealth-smoke anywhere, because as Robin said, it's impossible to stealth-smoke an analog.