Whats the vaping scene like in your area?

[paul26]

Hi all!

I was just wondering what your area is like as far as vaping goes. I live in Fort Myers Florida and you see people with e-cigs EVERYWHERE. They have opened countless e-cig shops in my area and also have radio stations playing ads for these shops. Even driving to work i see 10-15 people walking or driving around with an e-cig. A big thing here is having a lanyard with their ego's hanging from it.

Just curious to see if vaping is as big in other areas.

-Paul

 

[Johnnie Price]

Not so much in Southern Maryland. Apart from the handful of users on this forum, I've met maybe 3 other people who have even tried e-cigs and they all use Blu. But then, this is the old heart of tobacco country before all the farms were bought out.

 

[Chimney34]

I live in the heart of R.J. Reynolds tobacco manufacturing. When I smoked the stinkies they were manufactured 20 mins up the road. The college I attended here has several buildings named in honor of RJR. I see a handful of ecig smokers. Mainly they use blu cigs or other cig lookalikes. They all look at my stuff as kinda strange or over the top.

 

[Orobas]

I've seen a few people using them at my college. A few nods exchanged. We have three B&Ms though, and the folks there seem to generally know what's up. So we have resources a lot of smaller towns may not. I haven't had much opportunity to have conversations about it, since generally these persons are glimpsed while I'm hustling to get across the campus to my next class.

I usually use an ego style while I'm out and about, and most people seem to know what it is even if it's not a cigalike. The biggest question I get isn't "what is that" but "does it work?" And I can say that I haven't had a cigarette in a year, and that says it all without me having to say more, generally.

 

[Cjax]

I'm in Richmond, Va. I might as well be on my own personal vaper's island! Not that no one vapes here, there are some, I just don't see them besides at the mall kiosks or the 1 local B&M we have here, aside from my wife's uncle who is a part-time vaper. But then again, I have a wife and 1.5 kids so I don't get out much. I'm going to a big concert event next month (Chili Cook-off for any locals who may see this) and I'll be rocking my VAMO or my ELA if it's to me by then, so I'm sure I'll get some attention and hopefully run into some of my vaping brethren in the crowd!

 

[DJ Big D]

Dallas/Fort Worth is becoming a huge vaping scene. Since Dallas went NO SMOKING in all public areas, you see more and more people vaping. I have been acosted at DFW Airport, then let go after I explained the APV to him. I have NOT been approached in restaurants or bars.... in fact most bars know exactly what I'm doing, and don't bother harrassing me! I've even converted a couple of bar owners to vapers!

 

[Old Curmudgeon]

There's some shops around here but I feel all alone. I see lots of people smoking stinkys but RARELY
and I mean rarely do I see someone vaping.

I thought southern California was supposed to be the capital of hip?

 

[OptimoMuffin]

As a freshman college student the only "vaping" scene we have is kids spending 8-16 bucks on disposable e cigs and disposable e hookas so they can get nicotine in school housing. they have no clue about egos or tanks or clearos or ANYTHING. Some don't even know rechargeables exist and only know of Blu if they do.

Anybody whos seen my vape stuff has freaked out momentarily.

 

[Troy421]

Westminster,MD seems to have a bunch every time I go to ss vape shop they are bumping, even when I go in at 11:00am on a Monday.Getting big fast here!!!Mostly mods and egos

 

[Abe_Katz]

I'm just south of Daytona Beach FL, and while I don't see a lot of people vaping, there are vapers around. The other day I went to the a Burger King and about three of the employees were standing around (outside--obviously on break) vaping with ego styles.

That said I noticed that around here its mostly younger people (35ish and younger) who smoked taking up PVs. When I'm sampling juices at the local B&M its always packed and I'm usually the oldest person in there--a lot of the other customers seem to be in their mid-20s (so I have a decade on them). Though some older ladies have shown up too, and Mrs. Katz told me when she stopped by to pick up a "pick up order" from there that they were helping a guy that looked to be in his 50s.

 

[paul26]

I honestly am very surprised to see this many people with e-cigs in my area, its almost like its taking over Fort Myers/Cape Coral. Alot of people have silver bullet type mods with a tank on top. Now i will be honest, the people who work at these e-cig shops know NOTHING. I went into one and none of them knew what an atomizer was.

 

[jeffbarrera]

It's really big over here in the SoCal area!

 

[Scoop224]

I never see vapers where I live.... Wish I did.

 

[JoJoVa]

In the Northern VA/DC area, we have a lot of smokers, but not many ecig smokers. A few of my friends do..we're all cigalikers, probably because we don't have any brick and mortar stores in the area.

 

[skinkx]

I'm in a small town in middle TN and I see a few people with cigalikes but no mods. They may be here but I suspect very few. Still lots of cancer sticks though, However, this is a small town... slow to change.

 

[mommyofdoom]

Pretty much non-existent in Orlando. I haven't once seen another vaper, and I vape in public regularly.

The only place I seem to meet vapers is in our local B&M.

I'm thinking there might be more presence in the club scene with the Blus, but I don't frequent the clubs anymore. Too old for that mess.

 

[LKnives]

I work at a Madison Area Tech College (Wisconsin) as a custodian. The only vapors I am aware of are my co-worker who got me started, another guy on 3rd shift, and 1 guy who work(ed) at Subway. I know a student here who has a cigalike but she doesn't use it, was talking to her out at the designated smoking section on campus and she carries it around but still smokes analogs.

Other than that, I have not seen anyone else vaping here in Madison. (It's lonely)

 

[paul26]

Its funny actually a guy who works at one of the e-cig shops came in to home depot looking for SS mesh and kanthal for his rba. I explained to him that you probably wouldnt find it locally but to check ebay. Of course he just insisted on checking auto zone....

 

[heroinesick]

I'm starting to see a few where I live ( Louisville, KY ) but I've never seen anyone with anything bigger than an ego T, and only a few at that. They sell the knock-offs EVERYWHERE. Now, when I went to Nashville TN this last Saturday they actually had a b+m vape shop and people had all kinds of set ups at the concert I went to. It was awesome to see.

 

[LKnives]

I am looking forward to April 13th for when I get to go down to the Vape Bash/Vape Meet in Chicago. Get to hang around other like minded vapin' folks.