Then I have to ask: what is the point of vaping unless there's some other psychoactive drug in the mix?
I know some folks who quit smoking and have found that switching to vaping and gradually cutting down on the amount of nicotine in their liquid until they switch to non-nicotine liquid helps them. Folks who weren't/aren't smokers who always have used the non-nicotine liquid I guess like the taste and the experience? I don't know.
It sounds like you found "Cancer Row." I agree 100% that this was a definite mistake. This location is actually a relocated smoking section that used to be between Africa and Pandora. My family and I used to eat in the surrounding area (Harambe Market, etc.) and now we cannot for this very reason. Moreover, if you want to avoid it and go to Asia you have to leave Africa through the main entrance and go through Discovery Island; a path that is at least three times the length of Cancer Row. It is a main thoroughfare. If anywhere, it should be away like where the meet and greet for Baloo and King Louie are.
People also blatantly smoke joints like it's nothing (that's a fun smell while crammed in a group of a hundred people crossing the intersection). People literally stand there smoking in front of hotels that have "no smoking" signs(I visited New York last year). Now I'm going on a little rant ... lol (not personally geared towards you past this part)
Disney shouldn't ban it. It would only increase the problem. As a non-smoker/smoker, I think the locations of the sections have been a problem. It's gotten better. I felt like they did it on purpose, deliberately putting them in the way of guests. They weren't convenient or out of the way locations at all.
Despite it being unhealthy, it's still legal and Disney has a right to offer smoking locations. They want those guests in their parks tooWhy force them to leave? Should we all just quit and be healthy? Of course
I don't understand the shaming. You (not you personally; just saying in general) can have your feelings, but shaming someone isn't what you should be doing.
I'm a very sympathetic smoker because I was also a non-smoker (and yes I am currently working on stopping; I'm someone who declared *I'm NEVER smoking* and here I am). I'm torn on the vaping, I say if someone goes to a quiet corner and does it, who cares? I understand the rules (but not all vape has nicotine, another FYI), but why force vapers to have to inhale the hundreds of other chemicals in cigarettes?. Even I get annoyed seeing them do it anywhere. But I get it. I'm not "into" vaping. I think the large clouds are obnoxious. But I'd never tell someone how awful they are for doing it and why they should stop, regardless of my own feelings. We have to let people live their lives (as long as they're equally respectful). I'm respectful of my smoking. Many aren't.
And also a newsflash. Most smokers can't really smell it on themselves anymore. It's shocking how bad it smells yet I rarely even notice it. But when I stop? It's totally awful. So I get it.
I'm someone who hides their cigarette in the car if I happen to pull up next to someone on a motorcycle or even an open window next to me. Yes, I'm rare in that (and maybe it's weird, LOL, but no one else is asking to have my smoke in their face - and yeah, I could close the window ...). I also don't light up in front of those in my life who don't smoke. I also know it's hard for many to understand the addiction when you don't have it. But, hey, sugar is also an addiction, lol.
Ding... Ding... Ding.... we have a winner. If you are using vaping to quit cigarettes you start out with a nicotine content about equal with smoking a cigarette. Over time you decrease the amount of nicotine until you are at zero. From that point on it is just to continue to psychologically convince yourself that you are still going through all the motions without actually doing the harm. There are some people that use the large vapor process that emits a cloud of vapor
. Please - just give us a known location - for all of us?
In the Navy on one of my ships, an aircraft carrier, we had 2 bathrooms designated as smoking heads (head is the Navy bathroom term) the walls were thick with tar and nicotine but it was the only place people could smoke on board mainly for fire safety. Worked out great and many quit due to the horrible conditions in those rooms. On my first ship people could smoke in the berthing compartment lounge and you could smell it in your bed all day and night. So I am all for minimizing the smoking areas.
Well you did say something right. Smart enough to not be a smoker. Unless someone set you down tied you up and forced you to start it was a choice. Just as all addictions start. Choices. Not too many people are forced to become addicts.
It is pretty common knowledge now. Many studies available. A simple Google search will solve your lack of proof.
The best cure is dont start. Teach your children
You're not wrong and I have taught them. However, your comment is not really pertinent to the point I was making.
IMO each park should have ONE fancy smoking section that’s off the beaten path providing chargers, water fountain, and benches. Each section should also have a path to clearly avoid going directly through the smoking section. It’s not that difficult TDO. Epcot might need two considering the boozing and the size.Sigh.... I'm 66. Yes, I smoke. I ALWAYS use DSL's, both in Parks, and at Hotels....
I don't want to offend anyone. Being old, I'll die soon enough.
But I do not wish to die in someone's idea of a "camp"
I hate offending anyone.... but I do have a right to live out my life, as I have chosen it....
Please - just give me a location that does move every 48 hours... one that MDE actually KNOWS about. This allows me to minimize what others perceive as evil incarnate, stick to the rules, enjoy WDW (as everyone should), and simply die off, as everyone will....
All personal opinion - I'm not necessarily right, no one else is necessarily wrong.
