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Flights, Airlines and Airports => Flights to Dalaman and Turkey, Airlines and Airports => Topic started by: Karennina on March 07, 2015, 13:12:23 PM

Title: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: Karennina on March 07, 2015, 13:12:23 PM
Does anyone know please if it is ok to fly with an e cigarette the ones that you put a bit of liquid in and they charge up via a sub port on a computer in your hand luggage I would hate to have it confiscated as has been very effective in helping me quit, thanks for any advice   :)
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: philrose on March 07, 2015, 13:34:10 PM
Taken mine many times and never had a problem........
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: GordonA on March 07, 2015, 13:46:11 PM
Taken mine many times and never had a problem........
Is that because Customs haven't discovered it ?? Having said that, we actually saw more than one passenger actually using one of these stupid looking things in the passenger cabin !!
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: suehugh on March 07, 2015, 14:00:36 PM
Cuts down on the air rage though
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: KKOB on March 07, 2015, 15:23:22 PM
Cuts down on the air rage though

You think ?
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: Karennina on March 07, 2015, 17:29:01 PM
Thanks for replies   :)
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: pops on March 07, 2015, 19:00:21 PM
Two things to remember.

Firstly, they are banned in Turkey. It is possible (although unlikely) that you can have them confiscated. We have witnessed this first hand (last year) Having said that we also saw many many people using them quite openly without any problems at all.

Secondly, you need to (or should) disassemble the e-cig BEFORE you board the plane. An unassembled e-cig is usually ok to take on board but an assembled one is not allowed by almost all airlines. It's a case of a liquid and a battery together and this is not allowed.

This is just about the best blog I've found for travelling with e-cigs and it contains a list, country by country regarding where e-cigs are banned.

http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2014/08/travelling-ecigarettes.html
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: Karennina on March 07, 2015, 21:28:57 PM
Wow that was interesting did not realise they were not allowed in some countries thank you Pops for listing the link   ;)
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: suehugh on March 07, 2015, 21:34:38 PM
Cuts down on the air rage though

You think ?
Yes
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: philrose on March 08, 2015, 06:42:18 AM
They are not actually banned in Turkey, although there seem to be plans to do so, as far as I know, they have not yet been implemented you can still legally buy the machines on line....
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: grahamturner09 on March 08, 2015, 21:48:12 PM
I have had no problems at all at UK airports or dalaman and Istanbul and was openly puffing away at all of the airports. As far as I am aware the import for sale is banned but not personal use
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: GordonA on March 08, 2015, 22:52:51 PM
They are not actually banned in Turkey, although there seem to be plans to do so, as far as I know, they have not yet been implemented you can still legally buy the machines on line....

Isn't it strange, & wrong , that guns can be bought quite legally over the counter in Turkey, but these silly vaping things cannot ??  On a slightly different subject, I wonder just how many ex-pats are aware that the sale of fireworks to " Yabancilar " is illegal in Turkey, but not to the indigenous population ?? !!
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: micky mouse on March 10, 2015, 20:37:24 PM
I flew back from prague yesterday and took two electric e cigs with me on an easyjet flight and had no problems at all,they placed them in a plastic sealed bag for screening and that was it.I was allowed to smoke them  in the hotel and every where else in prague.Turkey wants to ban them so that the sales of tobacco etc does not go down i suppose.
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: philrose on March 11, 2015, 07:08:15 AM
They are not actually banned in Turkey, although there seem to be plans to do so, as far as I know, they have not yet been implemented you can still legally buy the machines on line....

Isn't it strange, & wrong , that guns can be bought quite legally over the counter in Turkey, but these silly vaping things cannot ??  On a slightly different subject, I wonder just how many ex-pats are aware that the sale of fireworks to " Yabancilar " is illegal in Turkey, but not to the indigenous population ?? !!
A bit off topic isn't it. Thought we were talking about vaping\e cigarettes in hand luggage not hand guns and fireworks.. ;)
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: sadler on March 11, 2015, 10:31:54 AM
Interesting though Philrose.   :)
Title: Re: Vaping e-cigarette in hand luggage
Post by: Karennina on March 11, 2015, 12:33:18 PM
Thanks everyone well after all that because my memory is so appalling of late I completely forgot it was in my hand luggage but must have been ok as I never got stopped.  ;)