So what? Who cares if I can't get to from the Cab to the Curb without a hit.....Big Deal....
Tom's an ...... every morning before he has his first cup of coffee and routinely goes to grab another cup. Jeannie is sitting in her cubicle munching down Godiva's like they're going out of style. Bob routinely chews on his pencils, Marty has his headphones on and can't last 5 minutes without having his Beats on, and when he answers you he acts like you're deaf because his headphones are still on. Barbara can't spend 5 minutes without checking Facebook. And Julie is texting everytime you see her even while eating lunch with her. All of these people are engaging in what could be considered "rude" behavior. And none of these people call any of the others out on it. It is "just what they do"
Yet I take a puff from my PV and the whole kit and kaboodle, Tom, Jeannie, Bob, Matry, Barbara and Julie look at me as if I just killed a puppy.
The anti-vaping crowd is against any movement towards "normalizing" vaping. It doesn't matter that more and more studies are pointing to it being a harmless behavior (especially to the "non-vaper"). It doesn't matter if I am using 0 mg nic juice or not.
My goal is to get vaping normalized. There is no scientific reason why it should not be normalized. I do not think that one should vape everywhere and in every situation. Decorum should be applied.
However, I DO know that if I treat vaping like smoking and ONLY vape in areas where I can smoke, then I be will constantly losing areas to vape due to the continued anti-smoking legislation that continues to roll along unchallenged. I am also re-enforcing the mistaken assumption amongst non smokers and non vapers that vaping is as equally hazardous as smoking.
And, judging by the responses that some people have put forth here, then my right to vape in my home are forfeit in San Rafael California, even though none of the criteria for that ban apply to me.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/23/san-rafael-smoking-ban_n_4326768.html
One last question for the "don't vape where you can't smoke" crowd here. What do you tell the vaper in San Rafael? That he can't vape in his home because of the smoking ban there? Seriously?!!!??? Or do you tell him it's time for a little bit of civil disobedience even though that might undermine your entire position....?