Looking at this from the ill informed, or the non smoker, or the ex-smoker's point of view;-
The bottom line is that both the Cigarette and the E-cig are Nicotine delivery systems, end of.
In their eyes, if both are doing the same job, it is imaterial how they do it, and if there are laws that govern
where one is used, the same laws should apply against the other.
Personally I always ask if I can vape before I do so and if the answer is no, then I go outside with the smokers. I most certainly would not argue about it and I would certainly not vape on someone elses premises without asking first.
I am still adicted to nicotine, however I have chosen to consume it in a different way. A way that is better, health wise and financial wise. But these are steps that I took
for me. Not for the benefit of anyone else.
The question was ask some months ago that as a Vaper, do you consider yourself to still be a Smoker.
I think about one in three still considered themselves Smokers.
Now that is a surprisingly large number on a Forum that is dedicated to Vaping.
I suspect that a lot more Vapers who are not on Forums, and lets face it, the majority of Vapers in the UK are not members of Forums, still think of themselves as Smokers, just doing it without burning anything.
So returning to the beginning, the guy who moaned about someone vaping in a place where people were eating, had exactly the same right to do so as the vaper had to vape, as long as he had asked permission to do so before he vaped there.