Originally Posted by
rjque
Interesting that this thread has been bumped. My husband just encountered this on an AA flight from MIA-SFO. Someone in the exit row pulled one of these out and my husband said it looked and smelled just like someone was smoking a real cig. My husband mentioned it to the flight attendant and the FA ended up confronting the guy in the exit row. After some heated debate, the FA managed to convince the guy that AA had a policy against the use of these devices.
Do they really smell like real cigs? If they are even close I suppose I would prefer that people didn't use them in flight.
I have an E-cig and I can guarantee that mine has no smell what so ever! Someone was just trying to cause a stir with the guy using one. It is a vapor, not a smoke that is emitted.
I feel that in a short amount of time people will get used to this idea of people smoking E-cigs and it will become a norm. Of course there will always be rabel-rousers that must cause trouble. Right now, the FDA is looking into controlling these. What a bunch of horse manuer. They don't control nicotene gum, etc., but because these look like an evil cigarette they want to control them. They are saying that because these can be ordered in different flavors, the makers are targeting kids. Give me a break!