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Unfamiliar_Word t1_jc08djj wrote

I once rode a trolley into 19th Street Station from West Philadelphia and noticed that after I alighted, it remained stopped in the station over a dispute between the operator and a passenger who was 'vaping'. The operator insisted that the passenger desist; the passenger seemed to be arguing that 'vaping' didn't count. I left before the situation was resolved.

I cannot myself imagine behaving so antisocially or defiantly as the passenger.

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An_emperor_penguin t1_jc0bv13 wrote

Guess the "helps quit cigarettes" marketing has worked because a lot of people seem to think vapes aren't like smoking, don't have nicotine, etc, even though they're basically the same

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beancounter2885 t1_jc0d7a1 wrote

A person who quit smoking by vaping here, among many friends who quit the same way. I get that you shouldn't vap in a restaurant or on the trolley, but it's night and day for the ill effects of smoking indoors.

I agree you shouldn't vape on the trolley, but it is an effective way of quitting smoking, and it's not remotely the same.

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cashonlyplz t1_jc1kjyc wrote

My friend's Toyota has a similar but different residue of tar-like residue all on his interior windows. That shit still lingers like cigarettes, just like... Less?

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An_emperor_penguin t1_jc3yvx8 wrote

yeah exactly, it's less nicotine/crap per puff compared to a cig but it's still there. After like a decade of smoking bans "don't worry it's only second hand smoke from like 1/4 a cig" is not very appealing

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Ingenius_Fool t1_jc1s7wd wrote

Yea that's the nicotine. Vaping takes a LOT longer to build up than smoking does in my experience.

Also it can mostly be solved by cracking a window.

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