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Online vape seller has ‘no intention of stopping’ shipments to Australia, despite nationwide ban — ‘We have no intention of stopping just because of one twat in Canberra.’ (www.vice.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Online vape seller has ‘no intention of stopping’ shipments to Australia, despite nationwide ban — ‘We have no intention of stopping just because of one twat in Canberra.’::The New Zealand-based seller issued a notice to its Australian customers that shipments will continue regardless of the government's vape reform.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They are an excellent and well understood harm reduction measure compared with smoking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

In a true dichotomy they are the far better option. Unfortunately they were/are attracting new smokers. The rate of teenage smoking had been plummeting for decades and was only at a couple of percent - until vapes became popular and reversed about two decades of progress.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

There's an even better harm reduction measure: not smoking at all.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't take any drugs, wish them away. Failing that, start a war on drugs. Prosecute the war for decades with nothing to show for your efforts aside from a pile of bodies and organised crime.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

'murican much?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oh, piss off.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Oof, someone's angry because they didn't get their oral fixation!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago

That sounds unhygienic, so I don't think I will

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yes but unless they ban cigarettes first, banning vapes will likely just have a negative effect