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Can YOU smoke eCigs in your local pub/restaurant?

  • 08-02-2014 01:47PM
    #1
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭


    I went to a pub/restaurant in Dublin last weekend. I am not going to name it. So don't ask! Just for now anyway.

    My OH has quit cigs and uses the VIP eCigs. When we went to the Pub side of the place after dinner, out came the eCig (not in the restaurant), the barman asked not to use them. Owners Policy.

    This was a eCig with the blue light, so there would be no confusion as to whether it was a REAL cig or not.

    No problem, no e CIG used, we are not arguers! and then after one drink we went home.

    So I just wondered what is your experience. Thanks.


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Yes I can and have.
    I think this question has been asked and answered a few times in Ecigs forum (with names of establishments).


  • #3
    MonstaMash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    Etiquette re., e-cigs is a grey area...rule of thumb is to inquire whether it would be a problem or not, a simple courtesy to avoid aggravation for both parties.

    Your question might be best suited here...http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1497


  • #4
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Thanks folks, never thought to check the ECig forum. Doh!

    Thanks for the heads up.


  • #5
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    I don't see why they can't be used if they don't cause the stink normal cigarettes do.


  • #6
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭positron


    It would be nice if some restaurants banned mobile phones....


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  • #7
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    positron wrote: »
    It would be nice if some restaurants banned mobile phones....

    Just plug out the wifi router.


  • #8
    Filibuster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭Filibuster


    Does eCigs have the same 2nd hand smoke as proper fags. Like when you puff out that blue chemical mist out of your mouth, does it contain nicotine which will infect your fellow pub goers.


  • #9
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    What restaurant was it?


  • #10
    thecatspjs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 519 ✭✭✭thecatspjs


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Just plug out the wifi router.

    It's not even that. Some people just can't relax without a bloody phone in their hand. I've seen people just flick aimlessly in their settings or whatever to look busy. I'm embarrassed for them.


  • #11
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    thecatspjs wrote: »
    It's not even that. Some people just can't relax without a bloody phone in their hand. I've seen people just flick aimlessly in their settings or whatever to look busy. I'm embarrassed for them.

    I agree, some people cant put down the phone at all.


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  • #12
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    Filibuster wrote: »
    Does eCigs have the same 2nd hand smoke as proper fags. Like when you puff out that blue chemical mist out of your mouth, does it contain nicotine which will infect your fellow pub goers.

    No. It's Vapour, not smoke.

    Nicotine actually is a pretty harmless drug,much like caffiene.

    The problem with smoking is the way the nicotine is taken in.

    Vaping is pretty harmless.


  • #13
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I went to a pub/restaurant in Dublin last weekend. I am not going to name it. So don't ask!
    BillyMitchel wrote: »
    What restaurant was it?
    It's a secret.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I went to a pub/restaurant in Dublin last weekend. I am not going to name it. So don't ask! Just for now anyway.

    My OH has quit cigs and uses the VIP eCigs. When we went to the Pub side of the place after dinner, out came the eCig (not in the restaurant), the barman asked not to use them. Owners Policy.

    This was a eCig with the blue light, so there would be no confusion as to whether it was a REAL cig or not.

    No problem, no e CIG used, we are not arguers! and then after one drink we went home.

    So I just wondered what is your experience. Thanks.



    Apart from telling you it was 'owners policy' did he give any other reason as to why?


  • #15
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    I use mine everywhere. In work, on the train, in hotels, in bars etc. Usually if there's other people around I'll hold it in and the vapour isn't visible when I exhale.


  • #16
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Stained Class wrote: »
    Vaping is pretty harmless.

    Are there any studies proving this?


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The aul e cigs are great for using in Hospital as well, when you are too sick/sore to get out of bed:)


  • #18
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,101 ✭✭✭✭lertsnim


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Just plug out the wifi router.

    3G and 4G. What do you propose they do about that?


  • #19
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    I've never been stopped from vaping anywhere. I don't do it in restaurants, but happily vape in pubs/clubs/buses/hotel rooms. Never had an issue, thankfully.

    Ultimately it's down to the establishment and their own policies. I wouldn't have any issue with being asked not to vape somewhere.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I don't know much about them, but is there a smell off some of them?


  • #21
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Jake1 wrote: »
    Apart from telling you it was 'owners policy' did he give any other reason as to why?

    No he didn't. He was very cool about it, but the policy was no vaping/eCigs in the bar. We would not overrule him and get him into any trouble. That was the policy, so we observed it. As you do.

    My post was to ask about other peoples experience in pubs and coffee shops and the like.

    I had a look at the eCig forum, but they are all into their juices, lol.! Will search that forum later.

    And I have to agree that mobile phones are SOO much more anti social in a bar with friends than an eCig. Jeez some people playing with their devices! And checking them every minute. Drives me nuts.

    but maybe they are a bit insecure, can't keep up a convo, la la la.


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  • #22
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    biko wrote: »
    It's a secret.

    But I can keep secrets.


  • #23
    MonstaMash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    BillyMitchel wrote: »
    But I can keep secrets.
    Prove it ;)


  • #24
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    keith16 wrote: »
    Are there any studies proving this?

    Don't know, but at a guess, I'd say too much alcohol is far more dangerous for many reasons.

    Do you ask imbibers if their consumption is dangerous? They might punch you or knock you out, or get sick, or crash a car, or cause mayhem.

    But vapour? Not sure if it's up there really.


  • #25
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    riffmongous wrote: »
    I don't know much about them, but is there a smell off some of them?

    You taking about the people using eCigs, or the vapour itself? :)


  • #26
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    keith16 wrote: »
    Are there any studies proving this?

    I haven't seen anything to suggest that these things are bad for you.

    As Vaping is still a new thing, there's no long term studies as of yet to determine the effects of long term usage.

    Personally, I'm happy to continue with it. Can't see any harm in it really.

    Has to be better than smoking.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    You taking about the people using eCigs, or the vapour itself? :)
    Well it's enough to know about the vapour :P I just remember people being asked to stop using what I thought were eCigs in different places I worked, but in fairness there was a fairly strong and distinct smell off the ecigs


  • #28
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    MonstaMash wrote: »
    Prove it ;)

    Well me and your mama are...

    Shît, maybe I can't!


  • #29
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Well it's enough to know about the vapour :P I just remember people being asked to stop using what I thought were eCigs in different places I worked, but in fairness there was a fairly strong and distinct smell off the ecigs

    Maybe there was, for you, but honestly, the ones my OH uses have no smell, unless my smellers arent working right! I don't detect any smell, in comparison with real cigarettes, ugh.... There is no comparison.


  • #30
    MonstaMash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    BillyMitchel wrote: »
    Well me and your mama are...

    Shît, maybe I can't!
    Dude...you're a necrophiliac :eek:


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  • #31
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    MonstaMash wrote: »
    Dude...you're a necrophiliac :eek:

    See I've kept a secret for 30 years!

    I can keep one, I can. I'm a real boy!


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