E-cig Etiquette To Remember

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Read on below to find out more about our top etiquette tips to remember.

Don’t vape around children

Tobacco smoke is a no-no around children for obvious reasons, nicotine is an addictive and potentially toxic substance for children and it can lead to a long list of problems in later life, especially for developing lungs.

The thing is, that whilst e-cig’s don’t technically produce smoke, the vapour they produce does still quite often contain nicotine. There’s no excuse for exposing children to nicotine in any form.

Even if you’re vaping e-juice with no nicotine, it’s still not an acceptable habit to practice around children.

Vapour might not be smoke, but children won’t understand the distinction. E-cigarettes are often purposely designed to mimic the look and feel of cigarettes and children love to monkey the behaviour that they see from adults. If it looks like your smoking then the behaviour will be glorified for children and they want to try it too.

Nicotine consumption is definitely not something that we should be modelling ...
... to children, so be mindful and make sure the e-cig only comes out during adult time.

Don’t use your e-cig in public places

Combustible cigarettes are now banned in most public places and smokers will usually need to go to designated areas if they want to light up a cigarette. The days of being able to smoke inside a bar or restaurant are long gone and a lot of places like hospitals and schools are absolutely no smoking areas.

Whilst e-cig users slip through on a technically with vapour not being smoke, it’s common courtesy to avoid the same public places you would if you were a smoker. Nobody will appreciate a vapour cloud being blown into their faces on a public street and nobody wants to inhale second-hand vapour and nicotine.

Don’t be rude to cigarette smokers

A lot of