As more people understand the side effects of smoking and how harmful it could be for not only smokers but also people around, more and more people are beginning to understand the fight against them. In fact, as the revolution against strengthens, the awareness to fight against cigarette addiction is also growing. This has led people to abandon their smoking habits but to actively fight it and help other people do so.

Alternatives to Cigarettes:

As a result, modern trends indicate a slower rate in cigarette adoptions among teens as well as adults. However, there is more to this falling cigarette demand than just all the awareness. A huge contribution to this falling demand has also come from alternatives to cigarettes that have emerged. Where once these alternatives barely had the effectiveness to put up any competition against smoking, today they have grown so strong that they have come to put up enough competition to restrict cigarette demand.

Public Spaces:

Another demotivating factor for smokers all around the world is that they are not allowed to smoke in public spaces. Public space is anywhere there are people around the smoker that may be affected by the smoke emitted by the cigarette. This is largely because the smoke from a cigarette is considered to be even more harmful than the smoke inhaled by the smoker itself. This is because although a smoker may be smoking through a cigarette filter, while the smoke that any third party inhales is not filtered at all.

In addition, the fact that cigarette smoking results in smoke generation is in itself a very alarming prospect. The smoke from a cigarette comes largely because the oxygen reacts with various other chemicals present in cigarettes. These chemicals include several harmful carcinogenic compounds. When the oxygen does react with these ingredients, even more, chemicals are produced that cause further harm to the smoker and is even more harmful to people around the smoker.

Vapes and Law:

Although there are several other laws that relate to or restrict cigarette usage in different settings, the realm of vaping is still largely unregulated. So, with so many grey areas, vapers and smokers alike have several questions about whether vaping in public is illegal or should be illegal? What is the vaping in car law? Is it illegal to vape and drive in UK? Or what type of e liquids could you use in public and so on?

But, the grey areas may not be as huge as it looks to be. The FDA has come to govern the use of vapes under the same laws as those of cigarettes. So, often the rules and laws that apply to cigarettes are extended to vapes, but not always.

Second-Hand Vapor:

Among the many grey areas and laws released by the FDA, vaping in public is being addressed. The issue here is to answer the question whether second-hand vapor from vape is just as harmful, or even a little harmful as the smoke from cigarettes. Before answering this question, it is important to understand what vape e-liquid – the primary vaporized commodity – is made up of. Answering this will enable you to understand what and how second-hand vapor is different.

A vape liquid is made up of 4 principles ingredients: Propylene Glycol (PG), Vegetable Glycerin (VG), flavoring and nicotine. All these 4 ingredients are completely organic and do not possess any serious threat to human health. This is completely opposite of the ingredients of cigarettes, most of which are carcinogenic. As a result, when you inhale these ingredients or exhale them, the vapor is not harmful to anyone at all.

Moreover, unlike in cigarettes, the vapor from a vape is not released as a result of combustion, like in cigarettes, but as a result of normal evaporation from heating. As a result, no chemical reactions take place in the e-liquid and no new harmful substances are made while vaping and no new threat is introduced. So, to answer whether the vapor from vape is harmful, it is not. Hence, banning vaping in public does not seem to make sense.

Vaping in Car:

When it comes to vaping, however, there is more to see than just public spaces. A great percentage of people loves vaping while driving. Instead of making themselves suffer while tiring out driving, they can vape and have a pleasurable experience. However, with new vaping laws UK it seems there is much and more that is to change about vaping and driving.

The laws mainly concern the fact that vapes produce dense vapor. This vapor, when exhaled while driving can compromise the driver’s vision. As a result, they may place themselves, or other people at the threat of accidents. So, it has been specially recommended that any vaping or smoking practice while driving, be practiced with the windows open and the vapor exhaled out of that window so that the driver’s vision may not be compromised.

Moreover, laws may also deal with the presence of third parties, especially children in the car while talking about vaping and driving. So, the rules of vaping in public spaces in the presence of third parties may also apply to vape and driving and the driver could be fined for ignoring those rules.

The rules generally fall under the category of inattentiveness by the driver. So, the laws do not explicitly render vaping while driving illegal, they do consider inattentiveness while driving as a punishable offense. With special attention to vaping being given under these laws, the person charged could be penalized for up to 2500 pounds in UK. Not just that, the person charged with this offense may also be banned from driving for a certain period of time. The charge of these offenses may come from the officer in charge’s discretion who may also assess your degree of soberness given the strength of the nicotine that you use in your e liquids while vaping.

It is advised that vaping and smoking be avoided while driving.