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Muscle750
Muscle750 Posts: 1,075 Forumite
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I work in very close proximity to someone who is quite a heavy smoker. They come in early and basically spend the first 2 hours outside smoking, Now they have started "vapping" whilst they are actually working. they have the thing in their hand almost all the time and whilst i have made the odd comment to them its done nothing and im now thinking of taking it further. I dont see why i or anyone else should be subjected to it when there is a designated smoking area outside.
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  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,834 Forumite
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    Only your employer can help with this. They may be allowed to vape at work and don't consider the need to go to a smoking area when they aren't actually smoking.
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  • Muscle750
    Muscle750 Posts: 1,075 Forumite
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    Deleted_User wrote: »
    OK - thanks for letting us know.

    no probs hope you can sleep alot easier for it
  • pogofish
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    Vaping isn't smoking and has next to none of the issues associated with passive smoking, so what's your problem?
  • boliston
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    I would rather have the smell of ordinary cigarettes than those awful sweet "vaping" smells any day.
  • xapprenticex
    xapprenticex Posts: 1,760 Forumite
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    Bear in mind, half the people on the forum will be smokers so expect sarky or hostile comments.

    Okay, i've never witness a person vaping indoors while at work so thats new and would NOT be tolerated by anybody at my place. If you think its a problem i advise you speak to your manager, you shouldn't have to inhale it if you dont want to, its also banned in many establishments and train stations so i dont understand why its taking place indoors at work!! Plus nobody knows the long-term effects of it.

    I also agree with the guy above, the sweet sickly smell makes me sick when i smell it outdoors too.
  • shortcrust
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    pogofish wrote: »
    Vaping isn't smoking and has next to none of the issues associated with passive smoking, so what's your problem?

    Why would anyone think it's ok to vape in the workplace when you have colleagues near you?!
  • trailingspouse
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    Vaping cigarettes are unregulated. Unlike traditional cigarettes, we don't actually know what the issues are. I think you're right to not want to spend your day inhaling someone else's vape.

    Can you go to your employer and ask for clarification on where things stand re smoking these indoors?
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    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/24/e-cigarettes-are-still-a-bet-and-diseases-may-emerge-within-10-o/
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  • paddyrg
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    To reassure you, the cloud is principally sugars and water, same as nightclub smoke machines make. We've had smoke machines in clubs for decades without much evidence of causing health problems, so for the passive vaper the health risks are pretty negligible from current evidence.

    For the actual person breathing it in neat searing hot I suspect the issues may not be known for a while, although it seems unlikely they'll even be in the same league as smoking. I think where there may be a new issue is with metal fume poisoning from coils, again that'll only really apply to the original vaper.
  • General_Grant
    General_Grant Posts: 4,842 Forumite
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    xapprenticex wrote: »
    Bear in mind, half the people on the forum will be smokers so expect sarky or hostile comments.

    Okay, i've never witness a person vaping indoors while at work so thats new and would NOT be tolerated by anybody at my place. If you think its a problem i advise you speak to your manager, you shouldn't have to inhale it if you dont want to, its also banned in many establishments and train stations so i dont understand why its taking place indoors at work!! Plus nobody knows the long-term effects of it.

    I also agree with the guy above, the sweet sickly smell makes me sick when i smell it outdoors too.

    Where do you get that statistic?

    Officially just under 20% of the UK's adult population are smokers. Why would 50% of MSE forumites be smokers?
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