Vaping on British Airways - August 2010

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Written by Administrator Tuesday, 10 August 2010 10:23

Flight from Bordeaux to Birmingham, flight from Birmingham to Bordeaux.  This was British Airways!  I was sure they'd slap my wrists, or something...

Being a relatively short flight, I didn't actually feel the need to vape.  I just felt I needed to vape for purposes of research.  So I vaped.  Once again, no one passed comment.  On the way back, there was a woman breastfeeding, who attracted more evil looks than I did with my cloud producing e-cigarette. Sure, I advocate smokers rights and all that, but I still think that taking my harmless enough nicotine fix was far worse than the poor woman who at least managed to keep her child quiet, unlike the other screaming brats.

People are strange, as the song goes...

Schipol Airport, Amsterdam, Holland - July 2010

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Written by Administrator Saturday, 17 July 2010 01:44

There is a smoking area once you get past customs in Schipol, which is always a bonus for smokers, and plenty of places to smoke outside before you get through there.  I tried using my electronic cigarette outside of the accepted smoking zones and nobody cautioned me on it.  So, like you'd expect from the Dutch, they seem very e-cig friendly.

However, they're less tolerant of people who want to sleep here, it seems, as there is a sign saying that it is forbidden to sleep or even lie down in the airport.  You may want to avoid a long-haul flight here!

Smoking at Vasteras Airport Stockholm - June 2010

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Written by Administrator Wednesday, 16 June 2010 23:24

Just like Skavsta aiport in Stockholm, Stockholm Vasteras has an actual smoking area once through the security gates, so it's a no-stress journey - with the usual vaping on the RyanAir flight - through to London Stansted.  Oddly, just like Skavsta, there's no smoking area until you get through to security!  It was a beautiful day, so a pleasure to vape outside anyway - but I can't see anyone having any problems with their electronic cigarettes in this airport.

Stansted Airport - London, UK - March 2010

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Written by Administrator Sunday, 28 March 2010 10:45

I was feeling brave by now, so I smoked my e-cigarette actually going through security.  I smoked it in the duty free, and I smoked it in Boots, Dixons, and whilst having a drink at the bar.

A few people looked at me, and wondered what I was doing, but nobody asked.  So it was a nice, stress-free wait - particularly when my plane was delayed!

My first time ...

Adventures in vaping - Vaping on planes

Written by Nick O'Teen Thursday, 03 December 2009 11:07

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It was my first time! Clutching my new, barely touched E-cig (an early Christmas present) in my hand, I was about to embark on a four and a half hour flight.

These days, of course, it’s not just a four and a half hour flight - it can stretch to nearly double that by the time you have checked in two hours early, queued to pass through security and then waited patiently at baggage reclaim at the other end for your suitcase to roll off last in the queue.

In the departures lounge, I vaped quite openly. After all, it was crowded and everyone was too busy dashing around or keeping an eye open for their flight to bother about me. Once on board the plane, though, my nerve deserted me a little …

Two and a half hours into the flight, the old cravings returned. Glancing to check that the young couple next to me were otherwise occupied and that the cabin crew were a safe distance away, I discreetly bent over and used my E-cig clutching it furtively in the palm of my hand out of view.

A couple of repeat performances, a trip to the toilet and I was there - in baggage reclaim and not twitching like a madman!

Perhaps next time I’ll be more open. But this WAS my first time and do you know what? Once outside the airport doors, I didn’t instantly reach for my packet of cigarettes!

(written by Alan Eaglesfield, who passed away on Feb 20th 2010 - RIP)