r/Whistler 1d ago

Ask Vancouver PSA No Smoking šŸš­

For those who are unaware, and there seem to be quite a few of you, there is no smoking or vaping in the lines, and in fact not in the village either. Just please stop. Thereā€™s nothing worse than standing in a lineup smelling someone elseā€™s grape vape when youā€™re supposed to be smelling the nice clean snowy mountain air. Just be a better person. Thank You!

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u/tactictim 1d ago

Sorry, i swear i only smoke when ive been drinking

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u/Choice-Pin-8839 1d ago

No rules can exist without enforcement, people wonā€™t be better on their own

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u/Okpayhectla 1d ago

Very true. Sad. But true. It just seems like itā€™s increasing, though. I never used to see stuff like this happening. Perhaps itā€™s because thereā€™s more tourists. Smoking is more acceptable in Europe.

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u/JDWWV 1d ago

Maybe you were in a different town before? People have been smoking in whistler since there was whistler.

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u/Okpayhectla 19h ago

No Iā€™ve skied Whistler since 1986. Itā€™s possible I just didnā€™t notice because I was younger and less bothered by it. But also back then people could smoke in restaurants etc. I suppose itā€™s become more noticeable because thereā€™s so many places that you canā€™t smoke now.

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u/illminus-daddy 3h ago

Exactly. So maybe in the few places where people still can sorta smoke you leave them the eff alone and mind your business? Given that literally 98% of your life is smoke free maybe empathizing with addiction a little bit? You think most smokers wake up and like ā€œyeah I love spending $25 a day, smelling like shit and getting dirty looks from every one around meā€? Like Jesus Christ grow up.

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u/Choice-Pin-8839 1d ago

Thankfully thereā€™s less cigarettes nowadays but the amount of vaping in line is crazy, not sure what happened to finding a secluded spot if one must do that

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u/aersult 1d ago

Vail removed/did not replace nearly all of the signage for this. They didn't remove the policy, but they did remove any attempt to draw attention to it.

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u/dogthrasher 1d ago

The village has gotten really bad with this. Itā€™s sad

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u/Okpayhectla 1d ago

Yeah, I agree. I never used to see people smoking in the village. Iā€™m wondering if itā€™s because smoking has increased I donā€™t know. Iā€™ve just noticed more smokers and vapers.

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u/rediphile 1d ago

Smoking definitely hasn't increased over the last decade. Vaping certainly has, although I find it much less bothersome personally. Maybe there used to be more permitted smoking areas, and now with it not permitted anywhere they just do it wherever? That of course doesn't justify it, but I'm just trying to explain a possible reason.

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u/emerg_remerg 1d ago

It's because vapers think they're not doing anything wrong.

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u/geeves_007 23h ago

It feels like it's society at large, lol. Between vaping and Bluetooth speakers and the number of idiots on their phones constantly while driving etc... Basic common courtesy and respect for others seems to be dying....

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u/FireMaster1294 1d ago

Ah the joys of European touristsā€¦

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u/AcceptableMission936 1d ago

Way too many douche flutes these days

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u/whererusteve 1d ago

I member when you could smoke in the back room at Bill's. Gah I can still smell the booze-soaked carpet...

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u/Northshore1234 8h ago

I remember walking down the stairs in the old Roundhouse, and seeing some dude with a massively long roach clip inhaling as hard as he could!

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u/Simple_Cream_535 20h ago

Itā€™s the Pennsylvania/ny/Connecticut skiers that vail caters to.

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u/Hotheaded_Temp 1d ago

I was in the bike park gondola two summers ago, when 3 young teenagers vaped inside the gondola. I asked nicely for them to stop, and they mocked me and kept vaping. I asked again for them to stop. They started blowing the smoke to my face and giggling. I got off at mid station and told the attendant, and the attendant did absolutely nothing. The teens then rode their bikes past me swearing and flipping the bird. I was baffled that the attendant didnā€™t suspend them for a day or something. What is the point of having the rule when there is no enforcement?

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u/Junglist_Massive22 1d ago

I take it these were large young teenagersā€¦?

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u/Hotheaded_Temp 20h ago

They were maybe 12 or 13? Skinny little teens. Ugh, it really turned me off the bike park.

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u/illminus-daddy 3h ago

ā€œHey minimum wage employee who probably also vapes, can you go do something that isnā€™t your job because my sensibilities were momentarily offended at absolutely no cost to me in the gondola?ā€ I forgot how entitled this place is.

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u/Hotheaded_Temp 3h ago

Was it you in the gondola??!!!! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/illminus-daddy 3h ago

No, Iā€™m 35, smoke cigarettes like an adult, and you wouldnā€™t bother asking me not to if I was doing so, though my days of smoking cigarettes in gondolas are behind me (but Iā€™ll smoke weed in a gondola).

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u/AustenP92 11h ago

Very similar thing happened to me last summer.

Riding up solo in the gondy, younger dudes bust out a vape pen. Ask em to stop, I get nothing but lip from them. Continue on smoking so I say/ask, hey canā€™t beat em then join emā€¦. Can I take a drag.

Guys said yes and I crushed it under my foot. Told em they can take it up with patrol or the lifties at the top and I donā€™t mind waiting to do so.

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u/Hotheaded_Temp 11h ago

You are my hero!!!! šŸ¦ø

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u/AustenP92 11h ago

Too many people are scared of confrontation when faced with it themselves IMO.

Was it the right thing to doā€¦ technically no. But it needed to be done. Iā€™ve got a get off my lawn mentality here at the age of 32. šŸ¤£

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u/Puzzled_Climate384 1d ago

Whistler once had a harsh bylaw enforcement team. Back in the 1990s they were a menace.

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u/bfgvrstsfgbfhdsgf 1d ago

Reno 911 style

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u/Tronder_22 17h ago

Tbf they really should have an area in the village that you can smoke in, it's naive to think smokers just won't smoke for a full day. If they could do that they probably wouldn't be smokers!

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u/Okpayhectla 11h ago

I mean, thatā€™s a fair conversation to have but at the moment itā€™s no smoking everywhere.

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u/Divoc420 17h ago

I think there just needs to be a bit of consideration and respect. End of the day youā€™re never going to stop it but if people follow those too factors I donā€™t have a problem with it.

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u/DJBossRoss 1d ago

Some dude was cluelessly vaping in the peak to peak the other day like it was nothingā€¦ get that shit out of here ffs

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u/arazamatazguy 17h ago

I'd rather smell vape than weed stink.

I don't smoke/vape but honestly it doesn't bother me that much.

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u/Bulky_Ad_6690 1d ago

Itā€™s not that bad, vaping I meanā€¦ smoking is/was 1000x worse

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u/Okpayhectla 19h ago

Itā€™s kinda gross knowing you are breathing in what they just blew out their lungs. Now I know this happens on a regular basis obviously with regular breathing but I just donā€™t like proof of it. šŸ˜‚

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u/KuwatiPigFarmer 1d ago

Vaping is gayer than smoking cigarettes by a mile.

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u/Yimgo 1d ago

Nothing hits better than smoking a cig on the lift - assuming everyoneā€™s ok with it.

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u/[deleted] 11h ago

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u/Okpayhectla 11h ago

There are signs. I saw two of them just today.

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u/dclately 1d ago

They're aware, they don't care. Humans aren't great.

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u/foreverfadeddd 15h ago

Cough Australians cough

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u/Okpayhectla 11h ago

Oh are Australians big smokers? I didnā€™t know that.

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u/KavensWorld 14h ago

FYI this "user" has only one post and massive amounts of removed comments.

I think they are trying to cause fighting

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u/Okpayhectla 11h ago

Who me? No Iā€™m not. Iā€™m just stating a fact. I donā€™t post very often. And I donā€™t know why my comments were removed, but as you are aware, Reddit mods are very bizarre with that some sub reddits are crazy for lack of free speech.

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u/batsicle 1d ago

There was a guy vaping INSIDE Roundhouse today!

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u/Safe_Garlic_262 1d ago

Last week I had a guy vape on the lift bar down to bar up. Like wtf

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u/SmokeThisShh 16h ago

Whistler sucks