I was at the library studying with my peer and was...

I was at the library studying with my peer and was YELLED at that there 'was no smoking allowed on the premises' because my peer's VAPE was out on the table along with our backpacks, phones, books, etc. Absolutely distracting, rude, and embarrassing. He said he could smell it (if he was vaping, it for sure as hell wouldn't smell like smoke but rather damn banana nut pancakes). There was no ''no vaping' sign, which is a legal difference between smoking, but my point is is that there was no 'smoking' or vaping being done. My peer doesn't feel comfortable going to the damn LIBRARY now.