Electric Cigarettes

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if I am able to use an electric cigarette on board?

Thanks,
Ben

Nope

I don't think they are allowed on any flights

^^ Nope

And from the VS website

The use of a ‘stop smoking’ aid is not permitted if it could in any way give the impression to other passengers that smoking is allowed on board. This means that you can’t use any device that emits vapour, has a power source, or produces a light.

Only on Ryanair!

Only on Ryanair!

Didn't I read somewhere they provide pax with a cotton bud with nicotene on it?? - no doubt available for purchase

I did a flight on FR last weekend (Meridiana last seats went in the hour before I knew work would let me go).

It was very interesting to see the timing of the e-cig sales.
1 - Food and Drink
2 - Duty Free
3 - Now you are really bored and fidgety and gasping for some nicotine so please buy one of these!

Didn't see anyone buy one but met someone smoking one that same evening and it looked really freaky.

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Didn't we have a TR with this subject in it?...Cant find it though.

Paul

[Decker]

You aren't per the conditions above.There's a discussion about the successful use of them in aircraft toilets here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-airwa ... tte-3.html

Didn't we have a TR with this subject in it?...Cant find it though.

Paul

yes there was and it all got a tad heated but I can't remember who wrote it or the route.

Im pretty sure you are as they emit water vapour...

It dosen't matter what the emit they are still not allowed on many airlines !

Didn't we have a TR with this subject in it?...Cant find it though.

Paul

Found it: forum/index.php?f=6&t=275169&p=814549&hilit=cigarettes&rb_v=viewtopic#p814549

Careful now, lets not start this over again! ):

What about the CH?

Didn't we have a TR with this subject in it?...Cant find it though.

Paul

Found it: forum/index.php?f=6&t=275169&p=814549&hilit=cigarettes&rb_v=viewtopic#p814549

Careful now, lets not start this over again! ):

OMG I remember this one...... :0 :0 :0 .......a real humdinger ):

What about the CH?

No. Link

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if I am able to use an electric cigarette on board?

Thanks,
Ben

Im pretty sure you are as they emit water vapour...

Makes no difference what they emit, they still aren't allowed

Ahh yes, freckles TR.. forgotten about that one. It was on a US flight and admitting to a federal crime on a public forum is a bit special.... oh well lesson learned I think. y)

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if I am able to use an electric cigarette on board?

Thanks,
Ben

Im pretty sure you are as they emit water vapour...

Sorry Louis but no, if you are planning on taking up smoking in the near future that is..... few years to go no?

The reason being is to avoid any confusion and concern between pax as to whether or not it is ok to smoke on board and to avoid people getting upset about what could be producing the cloud of fumes that floats around the cabin... just safer for everyone involved. |:)

What about the CH?

No. Link

Probably best to avoid using them on the M6 as well, based on what happened there...

I may not be best placed to comment as I've never been a smoker, but what's so bad about using a patch anyway?

Patches are fine

Someone in the know told me that they had sourced e-cigs and other simular products to sell in their duty free magazine only to be vetoed later on by the powers that be at the airline. I think they were worried it would confuse crew and upset other passengers.

[mitchja]

They sell ordinary tobacco products on-board and always have done which you can't use on board so really can't see any difference TBH?

As a former smoker myself, I understand how difficult it is to go without a smoke for a long flight (impossible to enjoy it), and I do not see the harm in using an electronic cigarette on board. It is not dangerous, nor does it have the horrible effects of passive smoking.

Someone I know who is going to Japan next march with another airline (a heavy smoker who smokes 50 a day) and is planning on using it in the toilet. I do not condone this, rules are rules even if you do not agree and you have to accept them. I have urged him to buy patches or gum (just as effective as getting the nicotine hit), but it is his look out.

[Darren Wheeler]

Or the other passengers, if the Captain decides to divert to have them off-loaded.

Last couple of VS flights, there wasn't a mention of electronic cigarettes being not allowed in the usual smoking annoucements.

Sometimes you can see why people might do it...

On another note, it isn't smoking. There is no smoking involved. No fire. Nothing burned.