Sick of vile vape smoke.

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.

I think there are some short memories here and people have forgotten just how vile it was when smoking in public was so prevalent. Mind you, you just need to go to Europe to remind yourself of that.

It's not smoke.

HTH

Yes. I loathe traffic fumes but I get that people want to drive. Vaping, smoking and driving are all quite legal.🙄

I think vape smoke is worse than cigarette smoke seeing as one is vapourised metal and the other is tobacco tar. We know tobacco can be carcinogenic, and we don't know the longterm effects of vaping outside of it making people look ridiculous, ie driver vaping and the car looking like a steam train. Neither are ideal around kids, but then there is also weed. Yuck. Tobacco even smells better.

Same! It’s vile.

It wasn't really on my mind TBH when it was the only thing that worked for me to quit my 30-40 a day cigarette habit, neither was it brought up by the stop smoking support group

They mostly smell pretty nice and are an interesting example of how attitudes inform experience

We do

It is disgusting though. No one wants to taste something that's been in your mouth

I much prefer vape smoke to idiots with wood burners polluting their homes and everywhere else.

The particulates cause lung cancer, but they’ll light their poncy fires with their tiny kiddos 1m away from it and basically poison them and spew it into the atmosphere. Give me a vaper any day.

I also find its more pervasive than cigarette smoke, if I'm not in the direct stream of cigarette smoke then I can't really smell it or taste it. But vape just gets everywhere.

Do people who vape realise just how cheap and common they look?

I really hate it when you taste vape. Its something about the chemical sweetness and knowing that you are tasting somethings that's been in someone's lungs

Which I know is irrational because all air has been in someone's lungs but it makes me feel sick. And I'm normally not smell sensitive at all. It's so disgusting.

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.

I have a harder time with it than cigarette smoke. I’m allergic to the artificial flavorings. When I get hit by a cloud I start coughing and wheezing. So far no hives or swelling. I’ve never stayed long enough to get a second lungful so I don’t know what would happen.

No one should be vaping near other people.

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? 😐

I much prefer vapes to cigarettes (not a fan of either) as it doesn’t linger and get into my hair and clothes. But, my mum smoked for years, gave up through vaping but has stopped entirely as it triggers her copd. It’s worse than cigarettes, like an allergy. Dad still vapes but she can’t walk near him if he’s doing it.

Car fumes as you walk along the street are far worse than vape fumes.
The ingredients used in vape liquids are vegetable glycol, propylene glycol, flavouring and sometimes nicotine. I'd rather inhale that compared to petrol fumes.

@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.

I detest cigarette smoke and, particularly, weed and wish they could be outlawed anywhere that I can smell them, but I don't have much of a problem with vape smell, which I find much more palatable.

Well that's dramatic ! I don't think.vapers realise how much it stinks

agreed, you can't walk along a street with out smelling weed vape plume is horrible op.

It's easy to think people are being dramatic when you have no experience of how it affects some people. Cigarette smoke and vape fumes cause me nosebleeds and sinus issues. I literally struggle to breathe in plumes of the smoke/vapour. I wish they were both illegal.

Agree. Cigarette smoke contains stuff like tar, carbon monoxide, benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde. But because there's no combustion there's none of that in the vapour from vape/e-cigarettes.

I can't stand the sickly smell of some vapes but then I can't stand the sickly smell of some perfumes/body sprays either.

I'm asthmatic and cigarettes, traffic pollution and some perfumes have had me reaching for my inhaler. But I've been in confined spaces with vapers and had no problems at all.

So I'd rather people vaped than smoked. But I wouldn't grumble if they banned some of the flavours!