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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...
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.
My first time ...
Adventures in vaping - Vaping on planes
Written by Nick O'Teen Thursday, 03 December 2009 11:07
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)
Ryanair - Gatwick to Stockholm Skavsta - November 2009
Adventures in vaping - Vaping on planes
Written by Administrator Sunday, 29 November 2009 18:31
Ryanair sell their Similar cigarettes on board, but I wasn't interested in those. For some reason, I never got them to work for me. So I fired up my trusty Zenith model, and vaped for the entire flight over. No one said anything, and no questions were asked....
