To think that ALL smoking (cigarettes and e-cigs) should be banned in public places?!

[babybearsmummy]

I've been sat in my GP waiting room with my little girl waiting for my appt and in walks a lady puffing away on an e-cig. She hasn't put it away and is just sat smoking it.

AIBU to think this is rude and that, just because it's not an actual cigarette, the same rules should apply, mainly because it's stinking the whole waiting room out!?!

But if young people want to look cool with an e-cig, all the liquids are available in 0% nicotine.

Nobody knows what flavour OR strength people are vaping.

Just charging up my vape stick. Think I'll go for mint juice tonight.

kate

P.s you can't kid a kidder

I'm on gingerbread (sigh, bliss)

Cigarettes, you can call yourself what you like. I am not a smoker, I haven't smoked a cigarette for 5 months.

I am still a nicotine addict. I don't really care much about that though as the health risks are negligible.

Why would you find it funny if vaping was banned and millions of vapers were driven back to lit tobacco? I would find that devastatingly tragic for the vapers, whose lives were cut short and for everyone around them.

expat I'm a menthol girl.

Oh I'm definitely a nicotine addict. But hey ho, it could be worse

Nice and soothing. I love the mint one best.

Borcestshire You can reduce the nicotine levels in the refills and go down to zero nicotine if you want. That's my plan long term, I've already gone down a nicotine strength and actually go days without now (was a moderate - heavy smoker for 23 years) then when the addiction has been addressed I'll deal with the habit.

I agree re the stupid 'gateway to smoking' argument as well (from upthread), and would like to know why controlling non smokers think I should be penned in with the smokers & 2nd hand smoke when I don't smoke?

And bollocks to the assertion by the OP that the e cig was 'stinking out the room' - what a load of nonsense.

Cocomel

I have two batteries on charge and five in all. No going out for fags for me.

Yep, they should be banned in public. e-cigs normalise smoking

Oh dear, more straw-clutching

As has been said already, there are some for whom it's not about danger, but a strange and rather worrying need to control ...

plenty where have I said ...

Why would you find it funny if vaping was banned and millions of vapers were driven back to lit tobacco? I would find that devastatingly tragic for the vapers, whose lives were cut short and for everyone around them

Please don't make thing up.

I don't like your tone

I have three vape sticks. Need to get over to the vape threads to learn about maybe upgrading my vape, I just use the cheapo ones from Amazon.

No stinky hands
No smelly clothes
My heart disease stats going down, down, down
My lung cancer rates doing likewise
I can run up flights of stairs and not think I'm going to die
Loadsa money to spend on shoes
Not enabling passive smoking
Not catching my death outside
My mother can now sleep at night
All good

The Trust I work for has banned all use of E-Cigs, even within the hospital grounds. You're not even allowed to hide.

The bastards

I was just about to say that expat. Come over. You would be very welcome.

Of course YABU. They don't harm you. If e-cigs are banned then strong perfumes, coffee, and air fresheners in public places should be banned too.

I don't smoke, I never have (don't have the lungs for it), and I loathe tobacco smoke, with the possible exception of freshly lit pipe tobacco in an open space. I don't have any problem with vapour whatever-you-call-'ems. Heaven knows how that woman allegedly stank out a waiting room with one - it must have been leaking like a sieve. Or perhaps her socks were on fire at the same time.

expat the vapestick in tescos look good. I'm going to try one of those

No panic when you realise you are running out of baccy or fags. Just reach for the vape stick.

annie

Yes to kate

In all seriousness, smokers observing vaping and having a go has directly influenced 8 people amongst my family and friends to try one (me included), like it and quit completely.
A workmate is doing half and half, still better for her and her young child than not at all.
If I had never seen a vape stick I would still be on 30 a day.

Cigarettes, come over to the thread, bet we can find you a cheaper and better alternative than Tesco

Maybe the lady who "stank the waiting room out" was still using actual cigarettes as well as vaping? So what the OP thought was coming from the ecig was actually coming from her clothes?

Just a thought ...

hotdog what they can't see, they can't know...vape in the toilet and breathe it down your top!