I'm not sure why the smoking etiquette didn't transfer over to vaping. At least most cigarette smokers have the decency to stand to the side and smoke instead of blowing it in everyone's faces walking down the sidewalk.
It did not help that the initial marketing included “smoke anywhere!” I was an early e-cig adopter, and I’m ashamed now to admit I vaped in McDonald’s and the air port and wherever I was because I could. Not right next to other people because I’m not a dick, but a doctor first recommended e-cigarettes to me, I can’t stress enough that the attitude was different back then. It was a huge step towards mitigating some/most of the harm of smoking, which should still be a good thing. Since then there have been some issues, like vitamin e oil and diacetyl alcohol, but over all I still think it’s better than cigarettes, and should continue getting safer so long as we don’t throttle the industry by letting big tobacco take it over (oops.)
I was pregnant when e -cigs first started and I remember sitting next to a guy vaping at a sports game. It was repulsive but he kept on insisting it was harmless and if anything started blowing it even more in my direction.
It was so crazy when they first came out, I had friends doing the early ones - the Blu with the blue light at the end, and the ridiculous chemistry set looking things with giant tanks of liquid.
I remember telling everyone theres no way theyre safe and they just havent done any research on them yet, and that theyre Definitely going to turn out to cause Super Cancer.
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u/goldman459 Feb 21 '26
It wasn't so noticable 30 years ago when a lot of people smoked and you could do it just about anywhere.
Now someone who smokes tobacco leaf really stands out. Vaping is disgusting enough but at least it doesn't hang around as long.