Another activity I particularly enjoy is banned?
I feel so dirty...LMAO
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I feel so dirty...LMAO
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I spoke 3 times in front of them along with Spike and I 100% agree with you. I believe that it is an "image" issue.
If the law makers would have taken the time out to read OUR data, I believe that the vote would have been different.
One of them asked me if I thought that the electronic cigarette was the same as a regular cigarette. I stated "no" and for confirmation let's pull out a webster's dictionary and look up the word cigarette and we'll see that based on that definition that there is a difference!! He then went on to say, "What if I were to tell tell you that the lawyer for Smoking Everywhere was quoted saying that it was in his opinion that the electronic cigarette is the same as a regular cigarette"? I said to myself Sheesh!!! This guy is a lawyer?? My answer to him was..."You have a dictionary handy?"
Seems as if these people already had their minds made up.
Another activity I particularly enjoy is banned?
I feel so dirty...LMAO
Respects
Your not allowed to enjoy anything on LI anymore.....
I hate to play devil's advocate, because I truly believe in vaping, but I'm wondering if part of the problem is our own community's fault.
We are on a forum right now called e-cigarette-forum.com. We use terms like e-cigs, electronic smoking, electronic cigarettes, smoke, etc. Personally, I think we need to get rid of all the "smoking" and "cigarette" references. Until we do, we will continually be grouped into that evil sadistic world of cigarette smokers! Oh no!
If what we do and the products we believe in HAD NEVER BEEN KNOWN by those other things, and if we just used the terms vaping, vapor, personal vaporizers, and nicotine delivery device it would be viewed differently, IMHO.
Look at Smoking Everywhere. Think about just the name of the company. FU I'm going to smoke anywhere I want. The name itself is combative.
People are going to think cigarettes are evil no matter if they are tobacco, electric, wind powered, or solar. When they hear "cigarette" a preconceived conclusion has already been made.
No question about it.I agree 100%, I think most of the problem comes from perception. A lot People seem to see PV's as a new way for evil smokers to get around public safety laws designed specifically for cigarettes because a lot of them cant tell the difference. Most people think if it looks like a duck (most PV's are modeled to look like a cigarette), acts like a duck (delivers nicotine), and quacks like a duck (exhale vapor that looks like smoke), it a duck.