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Sick of vile vape smoke.

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MaryMaryVeryContrary · 23/05/2024 11:34

It’s bloody everywhere and I’m sick of massive plumes blowing into my kid’s buggy. So bloody selfish. That is all…

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Panpastels · 23/05/2024 21:25

I don't vape but I love the smell of the fruity ones!

DemBonesDemBones · 23/05/2024 21:24

@ReadingSoManyThreads I'd never laugh at a genuine medical issue. This, as you know, is absolute nonsense.

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Oh dear, what hostile response! Maybe your attitude towards others and their reaction to being called a cunt is the reason for many of your nosebleeds.

May I ask what ‘necessary’ tests your ENT Consultant has executed to investigate the cause of your Epistaxis? Surely they’ve offered cauterisation?

Blackcats7 · 23/05/2024 21:17

It is horrible that something that was supposedly an aid to stopping smoking has become enormous amongst young people and children. I have a young friend at university who tells me almost everybody she knows vapes and were never smokers to start with. She says the perfumes / favours and colours are a huge part of making it so attractive.
I think these things should only be sold in chemists as a way to stop smoking without flavours or bright colours.
There is also the issue of the used vapes being left as litter.

Iloveburgerswaymorethanishould · 23/05/2024 21:11

I agree and I vape…. Im
desperate to stop. Never smoked in my
lodw then got addicted to the awful things… posts like this re enforce my want to stop.
Mad that something designed to help smokers stop or cut down, has made a whole new generation of “smokers!”.

ReadingSoManyThreads · 23/05/2024 21:10

DemBonesDemBones · 23/05/2024 20:45

@ReadingSoManyThreads I genuinely laughed out loud when you made the nosebleed claim. Absolute nonsense.

Thanks for laughing at a medical condition that has plagued my whole life. My ENT Consultant thankfully knows it's not "absolute nonsense". Jeez, what a sad individual you are, laughing at someone's medical issues.

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HateMyNewJobSoMuch · 23/05/2024 20:46

It’s completely selfish and disgusting.

I shower in the morning to go into work feeling clean and fresh - not stinking of vapes.

I take a “long cut” walking to work to avoid hot spots (such as outside the bus station). If the wind is going a particular way it’s all the worse.

I think people would take exception to me spraying air fresheners or perfumes around however somehow vaping is okay?

Not to mention the awful plastic mess people leave behind.

If it were up to me I’d ban it and smoking in all public places (indoors and outdoors).

DemBonesDemBones · 23/05/2024 20:45

@ReadingSoManyThreads I genuinely laughed out loud when you made the nosebleed claim. Absolute nonsense.

RaininSummer · 23/05/2024 20:40

My bus stop is outside a vape shop and their door is always wide open. Each night I feel I am asphyxiating in a fug of stink. So tempted to tell them shut their door and stop polluting the street. I hate vapes so much.

Springtimewingtime · 23/05/2024 20:36

Synthetic smells make me gag so yes agree vapes are gross, see also really strong plug ins, air fresheners, laundry beads etc. All make me heave.

DemBonesDemBones · 23/05/2024 20:36

Seriously get a grip!

ReadingSoManyThreads · 23/05/2024 20:32

nupnup · 23/05/2024 17:25

Completely agree!

As if passive vape WAYER VAPOUR / STEAM causes nose bleeds 😂😂😂

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It's the chemicals in the vapour that cause the nose bleeds. You're lucky you don't have experience with it, and I'm not imagining my nose bleeds. My ENT Consultant doesn't find it funny either - you cheeky prick.

buffyslayer · 23/05/2024 20:18

Auburngal · 23/05/2024 17:03

Some of these vapes are designed for kids. When I womble with my fellow litter wombles, we find no end of vapes. Rainbow Candy, Unicorn Shake, Gummy Bears are not flavours that former smokers want to vape. Plus seen teens vape using vapes that flash different colours.

They are flavours we want - there have been long running threads on here since 2013 about flavour discussion!
A lot of ex smokers want to get away from tobacco flavour so that it's a complete different thing from smoking and also find that they don't like tobacco flavour when they've quit

I vape a custard flavour 99% of the time

SquishyGloopyBum · 23/05/2024 20:12

I was at an arena just before Christmas and there was loads of people vaping, it was gross. I've also smelt it in hotel rooms. I'm not someone who is sensitive to smells either.

I find the entitlement staggering. You couldn't light up in a hotel or at a gig, yet valets seem to think it's ok.

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MaryMaryVeryContrary · 23/05/2024 19:44

wickerlady · 23/05/2024 16:41

But it is revolting?

Loads of men-children and women-children everywhere inhaling their candy floss flavoured synthetic vapour deep into their lungs.

We are quite right to bash it as the funny thing here is, the tax payer will have to pick up the tab when they all start claiming PIP for COPD or using NHS services for their self inflicted cancers.

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So bloody right!

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pinkzebra02 · 23/05/2024 18:17

Cloudy with a chance of tumours

TheCompactPussycat · 23/05/2024 18:04

Deathbyfluffy · 23/05/2024 16:35

So you'd almost rather breathe in cigarette smoke.... which means you wouldn't rather breathe in cigarette smoke.
You're moaning that vaping is better than smoking? 😐

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Not exactly, no. You're assuming that not having a preference for one must mean I have a preference for the other. I don't. Both are utterly vile habits. Vaping is not better than smoking. Smoking is not better than vaping.

catgirl1976 · 23/05/2024 17:29

You do understand that it’s not smoke don’t you?

nupnup · 23/05/2024 17:28

BMW6 · 23/05/2024 16:59

It's not smoke.

HTH

One more time for the ill informed..

It's not smoke.

nupnup · 23/05/2024 17:25

NCgoingdry · 23/05/2024 16:31

@Mrsjayy The threads on here acting as if it's torturous.

A quick search will show you the hysteria.

One woman claimed she could smell it in a hotel room that had been empty for hours prior to her arrival.

Ditto plug-ins, perfume.

Anything with a smell.

Mumsnet is basically the home for everyone with highly sensitive noses and made up chronic illnesses that mean they can detect the whiff of another person from 6000 yards away.

It's pathetic.

Completely agree!

As if passive vape WAYER VAPOUR / STEAM causes nose bleeds 😂😂😂

FedUpToTheBackTooth · 23/05/2024 17:14

I think it is not a problem outdoors, as you can just avoid people doing it but I do hate people vaping on trains, especially the air conditioned ones with no opening windows.

Bonjovispjs · 23/05/2024 17:09

As a non smoker, I'd rather be around vapes than vile cigarettes any day. I try to guess what flavour they are 😊

Auburngal · 23/05/2024 17:04

I rather smell a vape than weed anytime. Plus the latter affects my asthma