Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales

Post by immibis » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 4:58 PM UTC

dotBen wrote: post #26

Faaak wrote: post #4

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Yeah, same. I'm all up for a "free country", and all that. But this was just absurd. I wonder if 30+ years don't the line, if maybe resources are scarcer, we'll think about these and say: "we were fucking crazy"

The UK isn't a 'free country' in the way American's use the term. It took me a few years of living in America to understand the nuance. I think the 'freedoms' Americans have raises it's own problems for society (eg guns) and there isn't a right or wrong, just different. The joke I always like to make is that in the US everything is legal unless the government legislates to say you can't, in Europe everything is illeg…

Post by patrickmcnamara » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 5:00 PM UTC

postepowanieadm wrote: post #20

That's simply amazing: we fight with disposable plastic straws but we had no problem with single use electronics and battery. Insane.

Post by bragr » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 5:01 PM UTC

prophesi wrote: post #22

Swarming wrote: post #3

I’m a UK vaper (former smoker) and while I’m sure I’m going to find this annoying (disposables are helpful in a pinch when your proper vape has run out of battery or liquid), it’s clearly the right thing to do. The e-waste involved in that sub-industry must be absolutely horrifying. Tens of millions of tiny little batteries, surrounded in plastic, lingering quantities of nicotine-rich liquids… Glad this is happening.…

I'm not sure how it is in the UK, but in the USA it's also next to impossible to find a disposable vape that doesn't have an insanely high amount of nicotine. If anyone is unfortunate enough to try a disposable as their introduction to nicotine, they'll be as hooked as a pack a day smoker in no time. I switched to vaping after the pandemic and saw in realtime vapes come out with higher and higher nicotine levels, rep…

Post by qup » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 5:02 PM UTC

tredre3 wrote: post #17

kelseyfrog wrote: post #5

If they're anything like the US, even though sales to children are banned, kids still get their hands on it. I have a family member who works directly with children and they constantly find kids vaping in the restrooms. At some point adults are distributing vapes to children despite the legality. If the most modulatable link in the supply chain is sales to adults who then distribute to children, that's unfortunately…

It's weird how the article (and perhaps the law itself?) frame it as being "for the children". Disposable vapes are an environmental disaster. If this new law forces the manufacturers to add a 5 cents usb port to recharge them or force them to make the cell removable so it can be charged (disposable vapes already use rechargeable cells, they just can't be charged currently), it's a win for everybody.

Post by gedy » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 5:03 PM UTC

dejawu wrote: post #6

An ex of mine used disposable vapes and I was shocked by how beautifully designed some of them are - transparent covers with visible inner workings reminiscent of the Nothing phones; custom multi-segment displays for battery and temperature status; original artwork printed in vibrant color on the side. It made me even angrier that these things are meant to just be used once and then thrown out. Of course putting all…