Fit of the vapours as e-cigarettes a pet hate

IN the ever-growing list of things that annoy me, I’ve found something else to add to litterbugs, careless cyclists and people who don’t poopscoop for their pet dogs. It’s vapers and vaping. The sight of someone vaping flicks the Victor Meldrew switch in me.

Travelling behind a Mini Clubman the other day, there was so much vapour billowing out of the driver’s window that I feared the car was on fire.

Shopping in Swansea, I lost count of the number of times I had to walk through someone’s vapour trail.

I’ve encountered less cloud on the top of Cader Idris.

According to a new survey by an online vaping retailer, more than a dozen British office workers have been sacked for vaping at work. Well, hard cheese on that one. The survey authors feared that users were being discriminated against in the workplace.

Does no-one think that us poor souls who would prefer to work in a ‘clean air’ atmosphere have rights?

Besides which, we are frequently told that ‘aerosols’ can spread the Covid-19 virus.

The GOV.UK website says, ”There is little evidence of harm to the health of bystanders from breathing in secondhand e-cigarette vapour. There is currently no evidence of an increased risk of contracting Covid19 from breathing in secondhand e-cigarette vapour. However, in the absence of specific evidence, we recommend that vapers err on the side of caution and avoid breathing out clouds of vapour in the presence of others.”

I’ll accept the ‘evidence’ so far. But I reserve my right to insist vapers don’t intrude on my personal space.