I am being unreasonable - about vapes - but feel I should get this off my chest

God same. I much prefer people smoking, vaping just reminds me of teenagers.

Totally agree.
I work behalf the bar in a little pub and people vape inside all the time. I hate it - at least smokers have to step outside for a fag!

I know what you mean. Vapers are constantly vaping. They have a high level of dependence. Addiction is strong. Smokers go hours between cigarettes.

You can even smell it in other cars when they pass you buy on the road.

It must smell like an explosion in a pick and mix factory in their car.

Why would you judge so much though? It’s still FAR better for them than smoking! And cigarette smell lingers and smells awful after a while, vape smell doesn’t stick to your clothes the same way

I hate both - but vape smell is worse. Tobacco is a natural, earthy smell. It's pungent, but not sickly. Vapes smell so so sickly.

I should have caveated my judgemental rant with, vapes are an important way for many people to stop smoking.

But I personally don't know anyone that has successfully used them to stop smoking. My sister tried and now vapes more than she ever smoked and has no intention of giving up. My cleaner vapes in my house and have done for years.

I salute you, but the people that swap one habit for another and then lean into it, suck on it harder and walk down the street billowing like Thomas the Tank Engine but make it your 6-year old's perfume... I JUDGE.

I find them much less considerate - at least most smokers try and smoke downwind of you... vapers just burst out a cloud and don't seem to care who gets caught in their smog.

Plus their rubbish is far worse and in some places they are allowed to do it indoors, which is also horrible for those who don't wish to breathe in chemicals.

I am with you on this one - it's almost like the socially acceptable face of making other people breathe in your toxins.

Huge generalisation

I find people who vape far less considerate than smokers. The thick cloud of strawberry cheesecake they bellow out of their lungs every 5 minutes knocks me sick. It’s especially annoying when they are sneaking a puff in the pub/shop/plane like a bloody naughty child.

As a smoker, I just came here to say I agree. 😎

How can you prefer the smell of cigarette smell to vape smell?? I wouldn’t be too judgmental, they help getting people away from cigarettes. Yes, they are still addictive, nicotine is incredibly addictive. They’re not amazing for you but they are hugely better than cigarettes! I smoked, then moved onto vapes, then to nicotine lozenges and now have given up - they really helped!

Totally agree. Against both but something about vaping is sooo pathetic, unless you’re actually doing it to quit smoking

Cigarette smokers are more mindful of other people's health and fresh air.

Vapers just full bore breathe Cherry CloudBomb any and everywhere.

I volunteer as part of a litter picking group and vape packets, paper inserts and actual vapes are amongst the most common litter we find.

The venn diagram of vapers and litterers has a BIG overlap.

I hate them too but im glad it made my husband stop smoking. But vapers are far ruder with vapes than they were with cigarettes. Im sick of clouds of other people's lungs too

I judge people that vape hard.

People that smoke don't walk around clutching a cigarette all the time, taking a suck every 30 seconds.

Vapes look perfectly ridiculous - the colours, the shit branding, the size of some of them.

The smell is absolutely vile.

I'm sick of walking through clouds of other people's lung.

Cigarettes at least have an air of nihilism about them. And while I hate the smell of cigarette smoke, I much prefer it to a smog of sickly sweet Blueberry Haze or whatever the fuck.

If I was queen I would ban flavoured vape juice and make all vapes taste like cigarettes. They were supposed to help people quit smoking, and they just get sucked on MORE.

I smoked as a teenager, but not since, and I totally agree with you OP.