Another new rule that curtails the rights of the passenger

Flying with Virgin Atlantic recently I heard stewardesses issue yet another rather bizarre rule

Apparently the flight crew are now interpreting the no smoking rule to include the use of electronic smokeless placebo cigarettes that people with low will power can now buy to stave off their craving of the real thing.

These odourless devices which emit only water vapour are now on the banned list for the airline that was going to change the world.

But no one really knows why

Once again the flight crew have now idea why they do it and cannot supply an answer as to why the rule has been imposed.

Like everything else they do on board the blindly following the rules lets hope that we do not have to rely on them in an emergency because they clearly share one brain between the entire cabin crew.

I do not mind abiding with a new rule but am I alone in wanting to know the reason for its implementation?