{"id":3762,"date":"2016-03-06T01:20:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T01:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2016-03-06T01:20:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T01:20:02","slug":"no-more-mothering-vapes-on-the-mothering-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3762","title":{"rendered":"No more mother@#$%ing vapes on the mother@#$%ing plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=3763\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?fit=1305%2C573&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1305,573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?fit=474%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-3763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?resize=474%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541\" width=\"474\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?resize=500%2C220&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?resize=100%2C44&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?resize=200%2C88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?resize=768%2C337&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?w=1305&amp;ssl=1 1305w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hee, I stole that headline joke from this graphic.<\/p>\n<p>I was shocked to find out that until this week, you could apparently use an e-cigarette on commercial flights (depending on the airline&#8217;s policies).<\/p>\n<p>Not anymore. As of now, vaping is<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/pending-regs\/271495-dot-final-rule-bans-e-cig-use-on-all-flights\"> strictly prohibited on commercial <\/a>flights. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the new rule Thursday. It will take effect within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>From The Hill:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Transportation Secretary <span class=\"rollover-people\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/anthony-foxx\" data-nid=\"188161\">Anthony Foxx<\/a><\/span> said the final rule applies to all flights with both national and foreign airline carriers traveling to and from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes that occur when electronic cigarettes are used onboard airplanes,\u201d Foxx said in a news release. \u201cThe Department took a practical approach to eliminate any confusion between tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes by applying the same restrictions to both.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not even getting into the unwanted aerosols issue and the fact that vapour has formaldehyde and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/editorials\/la-ed-0304-fda-ecigs-20160303-story.html\">diacetyl<\/a> in it, these things do on rare occasion actually blow up and catch fire. I seriously would not want to be on an airplane with an e-cigarette suddenly erupting into flames. (Jesus, here&#8217;s another story about an <a href=\"http:\/\/wncn.com\/2016\/03\/04\/nc-loses-eye-after-e-cigarette-explodes\/\">exploding e-cigarette. <\/a>There&#8217;s literally like one or two or these stories every week.) Just the potential of one of these things erupting on a plane is reason enough all by itself to ban them on airplanes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hee, I stole that headline joke from this graphic. I was shocked to find out that until this week, you could apparently use an e-cigarette on commercial flights (depending on the airline&#8217;s policies). Not anymore. As of now, vaping is strictly prohibited on commercial flights. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the new rule Thursday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3762\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No more mother@#$%ing vapes on the mother@#$%ing plane<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[774,21,22],"tags":[775,591,592],"class_list":["post-3762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-department-of-transportation","category-e-cigarettes","category-e-cigs","tag-department-of-transportation","tag-e-cigarettes","tag-e-cigs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/VapingonaPlane_zps7ef94541.jpg?fit=1305%2C573&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-YG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2815,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2815","url_meta":{"origin":3762,"position":0},"title":"CNN report on the rise of e-cigarettes among teens &#8212; &#8220;Are e-cigs really the Wild West?&#8221;","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"January 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"CNN did a piece Dec. 31 (Hey, the report includes that sucky Blu ad I hate with the racecar-driving Stephen Dorff). 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A recent University of Southern California study shows that kids who take up e-cigs are more likely to start smoking than kids who never use e-cigs. The study surveyed 2,500 kids and found that a higher percentage\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;e-cigarettes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"e-cigarettes","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/pojlv268ys.jpg?fit=500%2C370&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3523,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3523","url_meta":{"origin":3762,"position":3},"title":"Angry and apparently very drunk vaper finds out the hard way you can&#8217;t vape on an airplane","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"October 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"OK, I don't do many of these stories. I should do more. This is just too funny to pass up. 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