The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in the United Kingdom from Sunday, as the country becomes the latest to tackle the “environmental nightmare” of the single-use devices. However, some campaigners warn that the new restrictions are just “a drop in the ocean” in the war against plastic waste.
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Hi, I vape. You’re not wrong at all. One day I will quit, but for now it’s a psychological crutch (and physical addiction) that is less bad for me than the pack+ a day I smoked for like 9 or 10 years. I didn’t take your message as an attack, for the record. Just giving context for the rest. I would never intentionally blow vape in anyone’s face and have gone to great lengths to avoid doing so. The only exception to this has been with partners and friends where it’s an in thing.
Those same people would have probably blown cigarette smoke in your face, but there was such a negative social connotation. For some reason, people who vape seem to think that because it’s not smoke they are magically allowed to blow it in your face now and 'look cool '. For some reason not enough people are decking these individuals, so we’re not building that negative connotation properly.
Maybe some of these people are too young to even know that blowing cigarette smoke in someone’s face is rude? I’m in my 30s. That feels like more benefit of the doubt than I’m willing to give the overwhelming majority.