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French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] vikinghoarder@infosec.pub 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Disposables are very bad for the environment, but in retrospect, so are normal AA batteries, used once and tossed away, regulation on those should also be considered.

Banning flavors is not, hopefully, an option, as the components of the juice don't have and inherent flavor, unlike tobacco plants.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Alkaline batteries are great for remotes and stuff like that, where they potentially last years, in those applications it seems very reasonable, my TV remote still has the included AA batts and I bought it 3 years ago. But they end up getting used in higher drain devices and it gets a bit absurd. Still, at least people aren't rocking around with their boombox with 6 D cells that last 8hours.