Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: Stellajane on January 07, 2017, 04:19:00 PM
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I think it is. I'm sick of walking behind someone then suddenly finding myself in the middle of a huge sickly sweet vapour cloud. Do people realise how silly they look walking along surrounded by white steam? They look as if they're on fire!
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YES, YES, YES ......... I thought that this too was going to be made illegal :-\.
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Some smell very sickly. The vapour off some of them is incredible. Sure I saw something on tv saying that, given time, vaping will be seen as bad for health as cigarettes!
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So what will we do about it?
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You can try CLKD, but not sure I could challenge someone walking in town with steam blowing around them. I'd be more likely to get punched! Like with cigarettes etc., I just try & keep my distance.
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they look very silly with those pipey things sticking out of their mouths. I wish they could see themselves.
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I think it depends how you do it. Some people seem to have the idea that because it's not cigarette smoke, it's ok to 'share' it with anyone else around! I think people who are vaping should remember that their 'steam' could also cause problems and try to be as careful of it as they would of smoke. Most people I know are very considerate and definitely not anti-social, but I know one woman who blew a cloud of steam right in my face - it actually caused me some breathing problems though I'm not sure if this was due to the steam or the chemicals in it. She was quite put out when I asked her to be more careful in future. I've also had to ask another friend not to 'vape' in the car when I am giving her a lift, for the same reason. She would never dream of lighting up when I gave her a lift in the past, but got out her pipe without even asking me!
It would be a shame to discourage vaping as so many people find it helpful in giving up smoking, but I hope that soon a 'vaping etiquette' will form, so that the rest of us won't have to keep choking on clouds of steam!
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It is so much better than the smell of smoke, and doesn't make me choke so I can't say it really bothers me too much. I think some of them smell quite nice really, seems to be lots of strawberry ones around at the moment.
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However, people are already becoming dependant upon their vaping habits :sigh: ..... at least they should have areas to use them in and not in MY FACE!
Good topic ;)
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We found years ago that none of friends smoked ...... it wasn't a conscious choice.
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I vape but only in my own home or car. It helped me get off cigarettes and I feel way better vaping as compared smoking tobacco. I'm definitely still addicted to nicotine but I've been able to gradually lower the nicotine strength so I'm hopeful I will eventually be able to quit vaping too.
When I found out my husband was having an affair I went out and bought a pack of cigarettes and smoked every last one in less than two days! I felt terrible and immediately went back to the vape. It's really helpful to get off cigarettes but still addictive and I think people should be polite and not use their vapes in public. 8)
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It is about consideration in the main.
Did your husband leave?
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I walked past a vape shop yesterday and it was packed with people all puffing away .... I thought the windows were all steamed up but it was the vape stuff.
Had vaping been around years ago when I quit smoking I am sure I would have been into it. I think it must be 13 years now since I quit.
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Over 6 years for me now :ange:.
I feel sorry for smokers really, they have very little sympathy from non smokers & are classed as sinners by some.
If they do it in their own time, in their own homes/spaces etc then what the hell has it got to do with me :)
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Over 6 years for me now :ange:.
I feel sorry for smokers really, they have very little sympathy from non smokers & are classed as sinners by some.
If they do it in their own time, in their own homes/spaces etc then what the hell has it got to do with me :)
I agree and its got to be better than fag smoke.
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It's a Life-style choice but difficult to stop when one wants to alter that Life style. Dad smoked roll ups ::)
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Dad smoked roll ups ::)
So did I ;D ;D
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Mum told me that the Dr was making opium 'in that kettle on that table over there' ...... a side effect of the pain relief probably ::). Smoking was never something that I did, however, my sister and her friends were like chimneys. Don't know if they still smoke but OH the smell :sick02: which would hang on clothing for days. I wonder if vaping gases hang similarly?
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It is about consideration in the main.
Did your husband leave?
No, that would have made it easier I think CLKD. He insisted he wanted to stay with me but he has kept seeing her behind my back. So for now I'm still vaping because it helps with stress!
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I had a friend who when onto electronic cigarettes when they were quite a new thing (when they actually looked like cigarettes with a blue end!). It would allow you to use it until you'd had the nicotine dose of one cigarette, then you had to wait half an hour before it would work again. So she got 2 more so there was always one that would work!! She actually had a much larger nicotine intake with the things as she was never without one in her mouth - she became very 'stroppy' ... even her family commented. But she went round telling everyone she'd given up smoking and how much better she was feeling!!
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Maelynn - make sure that he isn't bringing home anything nasty 'down there'! :o ..... have you phoned The Girlfriend and told him about you being the No 1 in his life ;-). Time to take care of you perhaps, smoking won't help long-term.
If he is worth fighting for then time to put down some ground rules? Maybe turn him out and have no contact for 3 months, tell him to find a flat so that he can indulge his latest passion. He might well have a double take about what he really has to lose! i.e. your doing his washing, cooking, cleaning ......... ;) :bighug:
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Maybe have a word with the Trading Standards Office? Also point out the potential problem to the Cafe owner?
It's out of the pipe and mouth from what I have observed.
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Am I right in assuming the vapour comes out of someone's mouth (along with assorted germs)? I don't want to breathe that in thanks.
Sounds like me when I've got a blocked nose ;D ;D.
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Maelynn - make sure that he isn't bringing home anything nasty 'down there'! :o ..... have you phoned The Girlfriend and told him about you being the No 1 in his life ;-). Time to take care of you perhaps, smoking won't help long-term.
If he is worth fighting for then time to put down some ground rules? Maybe turn him out and have no contact for 3 months, tell him to find a flat so that he can indulge his latest passion. He might well have a double take about what he really has to lose! i.e. your doing his washing, cooking, cleaning ......... ;) :bighug:
Thanks for the wise advice CLKD. He claims he wants to be with me but I keep catching him in lies. I've got a private investigator working for me right now and as soon as I have irrefutable evidence that he is still seeing her I'm going to separate from him until he is ready to really work on our marriage and stop lying and cheating. I also picked up a GPS for his car today.