The Wrong Brother

I used to smoke cigarettes, and it was tough to give them up for good (9/17/88 at 10 AM, but who's counting?)

But even at my nicotine-eist, I could have gone two hours without a smoke. 

Nguyen and the FA who brought him up short.

Peter Nguyen can't, so when he was on an airplane August 4 headed to San Francisco from Phoenix, he went into the restroom of the plane and took "one puff" from his vape device, which is that thing that makes a person blow steam like a teakettle.

A flight attendant barged in on him and made him stop. He replied that he is an influencer with 25,000 followers, and also claimed to be a lawyer.

The attendant said she didn't care what he is or is not, but he is NOT going to be puffing on the plane. He said he was sorry.

"You can keep saying you’re sorry, but I care about all these passengers," the flight attendant replied.

Smoking of any kind, including vaping, is illegal on an aircraft. It's a federal offense.

Nguyen now says, "I wish I never picked up a vape to begin with," but he was having nicotine withdrawal.

"It sucks knowing in order to be myself, I have to have nicotine," said Nguyen. "I feel so helpless."

And now he says he wants to give up his battery-powered joy stick because, "The more you do it, like, the less effective it is. "It's like your body builds a tolerance to it."

It's not easy giving up the nicotine addiction, but it's easier than making a patootie of yourself on a plane. Get some nicotine pouches or gum and join the smoke-free generation! The Wright Brothers will applaud you.

Think of how impressed your followers will be! Maybe one of them is a real lawyer, and could tell you how wrong it is to claim to be one.