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Re: There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape

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Post by willtemperley » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC

mordv wrote: post #668

floro wrote: post #486

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You get downvoted because you're implying substances like methamphetamine are common in vapes (as per your linked article), which it obviously is not, and already highly illegal. The truth is you can mix your own vape juice from just PG, VG and nicotine. Which are completely harmless to eat (except nicotine) and used in food products. A more rational discussion would be about if inhaling PG and VG is harmful to the l…

> Which are completely harmless to eat (except nicotine) and used in food products Or we think so unless proven otherwise.

Yep. I definitely don't want to eat antifreeze based ice cream, or smoke antifreeze either.

Re: There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape

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Post by DaSHacka » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

GuinansEyebrows wrote: post #533

DaSHacka wrote: post #300

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A completely ridiculous and nonsensical proposal I can only assume was said in jest.

Hey, if your entire business plan is to produce actual garbage, maybe you should be held responsible for making sure that garbage has a pathway to proper disposal.

The company, sure, but selecting a fall guy to deal with arbitrary expenses will not help get anything done for the environment.

Re: There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape

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Post by dml2135 » Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

welcome_dragon wrote: post #659

dml2135 wrote: post #519

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What do you mean? Smoking rate have certainly declined since vapes have been a thing.

I think if you take smokers and nicotine vapers combined, it has probably gone way up

That is a very different statistic.