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geraltofriviatoday at 9:47 AM2 repliesview on HN

As a smoker who transitioned to vaping, I see immense health benefits.

My home country (India), and others (Singapore, others?) have outright banned all electronic cigarettes which is a regulation I hate. I acknowledge that vapes reduce barriers to entry to kids. This is partly solvable in countries with strong governance.

But disposables? Ban that shit


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willtemperleytoday at 10:52 AM

Have you seen the list of substances found in these things?

https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Announcement/Details/8afbc6e8-9439...

xandrovichtoday at 10:46 AM

The issue is that when legislation comes in regarding "disposable" vapes - manufacturers skirt around that by making the fluid chamber a removable pod that can be swapped for others, and a USB-C port for charging the device itself.

The issue is that to the end user this is still tangibly the same product - and mostly gets treated in much the same way as the original "disposable" vapes.