I read one of the Congress critters slipped in a provision in the current Infrastructure bill that will ban vaping on all Amtrak trains once the bill becomes law.
No surprise. Vaping may not be “smoking” smoking but I’m sure a lot of people would find it just as annoying.
I’m a smoker myself, but have no problem abstaining in the places it’s prohibited. I can wait.
“The compounds that have already been identified in mainstream or secondhand ESD aerosol include: Acetaldehyde (MS), Benzene (SS), Cadmium (MS), Formaldehyde (MS,SS), Isoprene (SS), Lead (MS), Nickel (MS), Nicotine (MS, SS), N- Nitrosonornicotine (MS, SS), Toluene (MS, SS).”
As far as I know vapping is not allowed already and those sensitive to second hand nicotine as a vascular contrictorr could send me to the ER in a hurry
Even though smoking is not allowed, railroads should install these ashtrays just for the neat effect:
My son’s vaping never fails to remind me of that obnoxious Spencer’s Gifts smell that probably contributed to the demise of shopping malls.
Rick
Oh man, I’d forgotten all about that!
NOW it’s all coming back to me, even the “Bridget” calendars! Shudder…
One of the more fascinating things about business school is the after-hours marketing recruiting and presentations. There is a whole business in designing ‘brand identity’ smells and then formulating and, ah, deploying them. A surprising range of businesses utilizes these, often with at least some ‘subliminal’ intent…