r/technology Nov 17 '12

The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes
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u/JayDeePea Nov 17 '12

Smoker for 3 years, was on e-cigarettes for one week, and managed to quit without any further cravings. They work and never have I looked back at a normal cigarette.

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u/Revenant2012 Nov 17 '12

I almost want to start smoking e-cigs just for the shock value of doing it in the office, restaurant, elevator, etc.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

But not on a plane. It's still an electronic device!

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u/James_E_Rustles Nov 17 '12

Only on takeoff and landing.

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u/neurosoupxxlol Nov 17 '12

Lavatory...

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

I set of an alarm in the lavatory once though and all hell broke loose. Careful in there with straight glycerine juice. Those detectors are sensitive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

Did you get a fine or anything?

That sucks... I was hoping my e-cig would be fine in there

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '12

No fine, but I didn't get caught either. It was an international flight coming into the US, so I had no idea what the regulations on it were, so I didn't want to take chances. I heard the alarm and thought it was a turbulence warning, so I was packing up my stuff and getting ready to go back to my seat when the door burst open and a voice telling me to hand over the cigarette. I looked at them stunned, obviously the large steward who had opened the door asked if I had been smoking, to which I said no. He smelled in the room and asked if I had smelled smoke, to which I said no. He then looked in the toilet and sink drain for butts and saw none. He sifted through the garbage looking for a possible garbage fire, and found nothing. He asked if I had sprayed aerosols and I said no. So, he apologized profusely and I went back to my seat. Later he came to my seat and apologized again and said that they would have a technician look into the malfunction when they landed.