[explaininjs]

At any bar you go to just about every girl inside will be puffing on a vape (discretely or not) regardless of age.

Guys seem to generally prefer old school cigarettes outside. But many of them vape too.

Personally, I took up unfiltered hand rolled grits while in Europe for a bit (when in Rome…), and my throat is still recovering. I can certainly see the appeal of the vape. But as I don’t have any sort of anxious/depressive tendencies, nicotine is not something I have any desire to consume.

[seanp2k2]

Not very true here in California where most people take the indoor smoking ban pretty seriously, and recently in France it seemed like regular cigarettes still outnumber vapes 20:1 or more. I haven't been to Japan in a couple of years, but regular cigarettes were still very popular there in 2019, and I don't recall seeing a single vape, though I wasn't specifically looking for them. Seems like a very regional thing -- I know that in the Midwestern USA for example, vaping is extremely popular across many demographics.

[MandieD]

At least in Nürnberg and surrounds, vaping has taken over for people under 40. I’ve had colleagues vape on camera during informal meetings. The vapers I know (adults past college age) were all tobacco smokers before, so this is (hopefully) better for them. They definitely smell better!

Adults tend to use the refillable ones, and I usually can’t smell what they’re vaping, but I see high school age kids with the colorful, flavored disposable ones that my little kid seems to have a tropism for.

[explaininjs]

What straightedge CA bars are you hitting? I’ve been up and down from Crescent City to San Diego many times, and indoor vapers are everywhere.