What are your Vaping etiquettes?

[hurricanegirl100]

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

The only big change, to me, is vaping in my office. I did not smoke in my office - I had to go outside. That cut down on my productive time at work. It's not that I have an overwhelming desire to vape...it's that I've been sucking down nicotine, one way or another, since I was fifteen. I'm fifty-two now, and my addiction to nicotine hasn't gone away. Frankly, I don't think it ever will.

But when I first started vaping back in 2012, my co-workers were incredibly supportive. With the exception of one.."You should just quit like I did! You're replacing one bad habit with another!" <--she's since gone back to her Marlboros! (I haven't!)

Every one else said they hoped it worked for me, and if vaping my Blu's in the office helped, then so be it! Four years later, I still vape 2.4 ohm BCC tanks at work, and I never hear one derogatory word about it. If they're not mad, I'm not worried about it. The people have spoken in my situation, and the word was Yes!

 

[rico942]

Some of us are old enough to remember when we smoked everywhere, including confined spaces, and the people around us did not fall over dead in rows ...

Did it annoy some folks ? I'm sure it did, just as excessively loud music and phone conversations, pungent cologne, or unwashed body odor annoys me to this day. I deal with it, by moving away when possible, or ignoring it for the duration when not ...

It took over 40 years and an unrelenting hate campaign to embolden the "offended" enough to publicly accost a total stranger with hysterical attacks ...

So I stealth vape everywhere and anytime I desire, no visible vapor whatsoever, in the sure knowledge that I am harming no one, and that I'm protecting the "brittle people" from any irrational impulse they may have to publicly assault me ...

I did have an unpleasant incident on a train last year. I was stealthing and the conductor approached me very apologetically. Seems another passenger had complained ...

Not about vaping. A guy across the aisle had attempted to open a conversation about the book I was reading, and I ignored him after one short response. It was a Louis Lamour novel with a graphic of a gunfighter on the cover. Apparently this person considered Western novels "violent", and saw fit to express his discomfort to the conductor, in keeping with their "See Something, Say Something" campaign posters ...

Maybe I need to start "stealth-reading" ?

 

[jlb]

I blow clouds at home or in my truck going down the road. In public (outside) I use lower wattage tanks. Because I have been approached by people asking if vaping helped me quit smoking and can tell them the benefits of it. I don't vape where you can't smoke. I just try to use common sense.

 

[DebiK]

I vape openly anywhere smoking is allowed. I only vape in people's homes if they say it is ok. Even then, I keep it as stealthy as possible. I have grabbed a drag in store restrooms, but hold the vapor so that none escapes. Normally I am not inside anywhere long enough to want to vape. (except my home)

 

[Munk]

Some of us are old enough to remember when we smoked everywhere, including confined spaces, and the people around us did not fall over dead in rows ...

I'm sure that no one immediately fell over dead from asbestos either, but we all know how well that works out for people with enough time and passive exposure.

Just saying

 

[BreSha6869]

Only where smoking is allowed AND my house, rental cars, hotel rooms, concerts, the odd empty bathroom, walking down the street and at my office after hours when alone.

 

[Hitmetwice]

As an emphysema sufferer I avoid any place there is or may be smoke of any kind. So I vape elsewhere. If nobody is watching, anywhere, anytime, with the exception of elevators or confined spaces where others might unexpectedly show up. Children of course are out of bounds for my vaping. I always try and keep a distance from little ones. Too many kids now a days are extremely sensitive. I will however find out in time if my kids or grandkids are sensitive to the vapour. If they're not I'll take the odd puff with them in the room but certainly won't blow clouds at them or fill the room with vapour. I don't like it when others do it to me, so....

If folks are in the vicinity I'll curb my urges and when I want a vape I sneak a puff and exhale fast and low.

I have never been asked to cease and desist.
If asked I would comply and initiate a conversation as to what is it that bothers them
about it Tell them it is fair to have that opinion but also let them know they are misinformed. Cheers.

 

[7sixtwo]

I'm sure that no one immediately fell over dead from asbestos either, but we all know how well that works out for people with enough time and passive exposure.

Just saying

Bad analogy. The "secondhand smoke" hysteria has been proven to be a hoax.

 

[Hitmetwice]

Bad analogy. The "secondhand smoke" hysteria has been proven to be a hoax.

Maybe, but
you cannot tell me that I do not experience discomfort when inhaling/breathing smoke of any kind.
It just ain't good fer ya. Cheers.

 

[Munk]

Bad analogy. The "secondhand smoke" hysteria has been proven to be a hoax.

Citation required. Not saying you aren't right, but cigarette smoke is clearly and undeniably poisonous stuff.

CDC says about 40,000 die every year from second hand smoke.

 

[skoony]

I'm not convinced that vaping anywhere you please is the best avenue for us

I am convinced vaping every where is our only hope to show the general public it can't hurt them.

I'm sure that no one immediately fell over dead from asbestos either, but we all know how well that works out for people with enough time and passive exposure.

Just saying

It's not what you inhale into your lungs. It's what you inhale into your lungs that gets stuck.
Asbestos when used properly is completely safe.
Always has been,always will be.
regards
Mike

 

[Zanderist]

If they can't see me doing it, then it's perfectly legal.

I plea the 5th.

 

[OhTheAgony]

I guess I'm a bit of a .....

I vape anywhere I want to, in restaurants, theaters, on planes, name it.

No one ever notices though. When I do it I use a simple Ego, take small airy hits and keep it until no visible vapor comes out.

 

[Robino1]

Citation required. Not saying you aren't right, but cigarette smoke is clearly and undeniably poisonous stuff.

CDC says about 40,000 die every year from second hand smoke.

Study Finds No Link Between Secondhand Smoke And Cancer

Passive smoking – another of the Nanny State's big lies – Telegraph Blogs

The Second-Hand Smoke Charade

Just a few links for your reading pleasure.

As smokers, we were bombarded with a lie that was perpetuated just so we could be bullied and vilified into quitting. Please, don't let them do it to us again as vapers.

 

[7sixtwo]

Citation required. Not saying you aren't right, but cigarette smoke is clearly and undeniably poisonous stuff.

CDC says about 40,000 die every year from second hand smoke.

The CDC is full of poop. Stop trusting the federal government.

 

[Munk]

From the first link: "The study doesn’t cover the many other ill effects of breathing somebody else’s cigarette smoke, of course, which include asthma and possibly cardio-pulmonary disease"

Given that ~33,000 of the 40,000 deaths claimed by the CDC were heart disease related, that's sort of a large oversight.

The second link is an article that is referencing the same study as the first.

The third article focuses on lung cancer again, and mentions two other studies that claim second hand smoke is "not a health risk" but didn't cite the actual studies or the numbers they produced. The studies in question might be right, but clearly the author has a bias and I don't necessarily trust him to summarize studies in an objective/comprehensive way.

 

[Munk]

The CDC is full of poop. Stop trusting the federal government.

I have no doubt that there is corruption in the government, but are other countries in on the same lie? Google finds plenty of non-US based studies claiming there is danger. This is a world-wide study suggesting 600,000 a year die from second hand smoke.

 

[Dougiestyle]

I vape everywhere. If there are unfamiliar faces, I either refrain or keep it discreet. I've never been "caught" or asked to stop (5+ years). I recently vaped 3/4 thru The Blue Man Group 6th row orchestra seating. I used a Gripper w/ 2ohm carto tho lol.

 

[Tommy-Chi]

Just curious on what you guys do, to stop yourself from vaping or refrain from doing certain things in public, or wherever.

Some of mine are like:
- Lowering wattage when vaping in a smokers lounge
- Refrain from vaping when walking down a city street (With restaurants with outdoor eating)

I do not go out of my way yo antagonize anyone in any situation. That said, with a setting of 90+ W, dual claptons, on a 150W Sigelei, I vape at work and almost everywhere I go except a train/bus/elevator/movies/restaurant. It can wait. When I'm really vaping I am definitely creating some clouds.

What I do at work is to drag just a bit less on the RDA, and hold it in until the e-liquid is absorbed by my lungs, and only then exhale a very small wisp. Doing that allows me to vape at work, in bars and as I move along sidewalks in public. If everyone did that, there would be no complaints.

People in public will duck/bob/weave all over the place if you vape in to their path. I did it once and I didn't like the response...so I cleaned it up a bit. No harm no foul.

 

[Mazinny]

Study Finds No Link Between Secondhand Smoke And Cancer

Passive smoking – another of the Nanny State's big lies – Telegraph Blogs

The Second-Hand Smoke Charade

Just a few links for your reading pleasure.

As smokers, we were bombarded with a lie that was perpetuated just so we could be bullied and vilified into quitting. Please, don't let them do it to us again as vapers.

The first and third link you posted, talk about a study on lung cancer only. From the first article :

The study doesn’t cover the many other ill effects of breathing somebody else’s cigarette smoke, of course, which include asthma and possibly cardio-pulmonary disease.

The other article you cited comes from a foundation with a certain political leaning ( hint, they are also very skeptical on climate change ). Now, i'm not going to dismiss the article solely based on that, but i will take it with a grain of salt. I won't pretend that their scientific and medical beliefs are not influenced by their ideology.

Mind you, i am not claiming that the dangers of second hand smoke have not been exaggerated in the past, based on political and ideological motivations, by groups from the other side of the political spectrum. I just want to point out that there is no unequivocal scientific consensus as some seem to imply on ECF. For every study claiming there are no ill effects from second hand smoke, you can find five others claiming otherwise.