thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoDisposable vapes to be banned for children's health, government sayswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down11
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkDisposable vapes to be banned for children's health, government sayswww.bbc.co.ukthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareJho@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThey’re not banning a drug here. They’re banning disposable single-use vapes. We can still use refillable/reusable vapes.
minus-squareBilboBargains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI didn’t say it was gonna work, this measure is window dressing and an appeasement for the hand-wringing, what a’bout a’children brigade. You want to help children? How about proper healthcare and education. Banning substances and devices simply creates a black market and a job for our moronic and punitive criminal justice system. This article neatly sums up the British attitude to substances.
They’re not banning a drug here. They’re banning disposable single-use vapes. We can still use refillable/reusable vapes.
I didn’t say it was gonna work, this measure is window dressing and an appeasement for the hand-wringing, what a’bout a’children brigade.
You want to help children? How about proper healthcare and education.
Banning substances and devices simply creates a black market and a job for our moronic and punitive criminal justice system.
This article neatly sums up the British attitude to substances.