> to the point where I had a guy sitting in front of me on an airplane vaping in flight and nobody really cared

For what it's worth (unless you're balling out in a private flight), that's highly illegal and a federal offense in the USA [1]. Not sure if you're in another country, but I do question the legitimacy of that comment if in the US. None the less, I do agree vaping is gross/annoying.

[1] https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/vapes-plane

Airlines and the FAA have way bigger problems than obnoxious vapers. In practice, you have to behave very poorly to merit any sort of serious response:

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-levies-161823-against-eight...

They even have a small ad campaign to celebrate their leniency: "You could have spent $35k on a brand new truck, but instead you are paying a fine because you punched a flight attendant":

https://www.faa.gov/data_research/passengers_cargo/unruly_pa...

I was in business class on a United flight over the US. I was pretty sure the cabin crew was aware and my partner didn't want me to make a fuss over it.

Every flight I've ever been on in the US indicates that vaping is not allowed on-board. That's quite strange.

yeah, it's a federal crime in the US lol

Not to be pedantic, but aren't you always sitting in a cloud of someone elses exhaust? (In a confined place) with vaping it's just visual.

I'd rather deal with someone's vape than their farts. Also, I almost never have to deal with anything related to someone vaping. I can't even recall a single time.

There are different kinds of exhaust. I'd rather not be in a cloud of someone else's highly addictive chemical; I'm not gonna become dependent on CO2.

It's nearly impossible to become dependent from second hand smoke, unless you're in a gas chamber saturated with vape clouds for multiple days over and over.

I agree no one should be subjected to gross smoke against their will, but you can make a better case being accurate in it's effects.

You're not going to become dependant on someone's 2nd hand vape either.

Sure. I saw a tweet that was commenting on the normalization of weed (I know vaping isnt really talking about weed but it feels relevant) and how quickly we went from I'll take a hit of this shitty weed I got from a stranger behind this building to I guess I can rip my vape in this Target at 2pm on a Tuesday.

> My frustration with vaping is that it's seen as "not smoking", to the point where I had a guy sitting in front of me on an airplane vaping in flight and nobody really cared.

Spirit airline?