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In reply to the discussion: Do smoking bans apply to e-cigarettes? [View all]SirRevolutionary
(579 posts)as someone who "vapes" zero nicotine juice, I'd like the hear the pathetic argument against a poor passerby inhaling my second hand vapor. The product I vape (99.9% inside my own house and car) is made out of the same food products we all consume every day. So while the ant-smoker czars may be pissed off that it looks like smoking, it's actually nothing like smoking at all.
Stupid is as stupid does though. You don't hear them complain about inhaling the emissions from the train on the Orange line, standing in an underground tunnel with diesel engines emitting pollutants 24 hours a day, or the countless cars zooming around in the streets, but cripes forbid someone inhales a zero nicotine vape because it LOOKS like they're smoking and it sets off anti-smoker sentiments because it LOOKS like smoking.
I'm very glad I quit smoking over three years ago, vapes were the only way I've been able to do it. At first, I used nicotine and realized I didn't need it because I didn't notice the difference between nicotine vapes and zero nicotine vapes. I would voluntarily not vape in most places where smoking is banned. Planes and other public transportation might be dangerous if someone sees what appears to be smoke flying around for a split second, especially if you have brown skin, the authorities will be all over you. Even worse, if an anti-smoker combatant thought I was smoking, it would cause a horrific stir because it would set off their holy self righteousness and they couldn't possibly pass over a chance to attack someone they felt was inferior.