Airport Security With The E-Cig

[Jim Davis]

Electronic Cigarettes and juice are not illegal. TSA does not care about them. You will have no problems in security with your e-cig. Just make sure your chargers and passthroughs are neatly wrapped. Sloppy wires, wildly stuffed in a case my look suspicious on an x-ray machine, and they may be checked. This will just add to a delay.

Place your juice in the required zip lock baggie, and there will be no problems.

[Royal]

This is so true Jim,
Very good advice to those who may be considering traveling by air with their e-Cigs.
I had an experience with airport security that was not too unlike what you have referred to. I was taking a quick trip to Minneapolis and hastily threw some things in a bag. When the bag went thru the x-ray scan, extra security pulled me aside and asked me very sternly "What's in the bag?" At first I didn't know why they were so excited about a few shirts, pants and underwear, then I realized my cell phone was in the bag, along with the charger and car adaptor. The wires and such made it look, shall I say, very suspicious. As soon as I told them that my cell phone was in there, the tension from all the security was eased. They then asked politely if they could open and examine the bag.

[Firdaddy]

thanks for the heads up,i'll be flying out to vegas in a couple of months

[lordmage]

yep i even email back and forth a while back with TSA and airports. TSA concludes that it is up to the airport terminal and there screener's. that is to say that it is neither a permissible device or none allowed just that it is up tp the training of the screener and the terminals policy's. i also wrote the FAA and they said it would be up to the airlines individually weather to allow it or not.

[Royal]

If memory serves, I think it was TWA that decided against allowing the use of e-Cigs on the plane. Key word is "use". Other airlines I think Quantas is allowing it. I however wonder, since the e-cig doesn't really produce any odor, or smoke for that matter, if one would be able to get away with taking a few vapes while in a bathroom on a plane.

[Fogie]

Just one look at me and security looks the other way.

[Jim Davis]

Southwest and American Airlines have banned "in flight" use of the e-cig. Electronic Cigarettes are listed in the in flight magazine as unapproved for use in flight. You can still take them on the plane with you, but you're not authorized to use them.

[Jim Davis]

UPDATE;

As of today 04/02/10 there have been no changes in the TSA rules concerning e-cigs. They still are not concerned with them.

[Rick]

Thanks for the update Jim. I am glad I got into moding all things considered.

[PapaJoe8]

I hope the new DOT regs concerning lithium bats don't throw a kink into things.
Joe