Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
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Re: Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
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#3There was a really solid thread on Vaping generally that also had some relevant insights the other day here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20915520
There is a strong argument for vaping as a harm reduction tool, I wonder if that holds up (or is made stronger) if there are no flavors
Re: Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
#4Oh great, so instead of buying flavors from stores people will buy them on the street and make them at home using dubious online tutorials.
Re: Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
#5Sounds like a great way to start an unregulated flavored vape black market
Re: Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
#6When can people finally stop to interfere in other peoples lives? If Bloomberg doesn’t want to vape flavors: fine, but give me the liberty to do so...
Seriously, if I look back at my youth, I wonder how we all survived -.-
Re: Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
#7Adults hate candy, ice cream, fruit, etc. Those are for children. I only vape liver and spinach flavored juice because I'm an adult and I hate sweet things.
So when is Bloomberg going to divest from fossil fuels? Need to consider the harm that does to our future's children.
Re: Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
#8When can people finally stop to interfere in other peoples lives? If Bloomberg doesn’t want to vape flavors: fine, but give me the liberty to do so... Seriously, if I look back at my youth, I wonder how we all survived -.-
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#9I can sort of get it, we could've been the first generation of majority non-smokers, but instead companies got kids to start vaping clouds of bubblegum, and of course kids didnt have a chance of avoiding that crap and now we have an entire subculture of vaping.
There'll be a lot of pushback, but I really do think this is the right direction.
Re: Michael Bloomberg launches $160M initiative to ban flavored e-cigarettes
#10I understand that we don't want our kids vaping or smoking, but banning flavored juices is the wrong way to go about it. All it's going to accomplish is deregulation of the flavored juice market. People will buy unflavored juices and add their own (possibly dangerous)flavoring agents at home.
Also, it is in Big Tobacco's best interest to make vaping as difficult as possible. Think about it, all these cities with vape bans haven't banned cigarettes yet, right? Make it extremely difficult to vape and people will resort to smoking.
On a more philosophical note, are we really OK with the government reaching this far into our personal lives?
The issue isn't really about the juices themselves though, is it? It's more about the advertising allegedly targeting young kids. I think regulating the advertisement of these products is probably the most sane course of action here.