• mannycalavera@feddit.ukOP
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      1 year ago

      Phase out cigarettes, phase out vapes. We have to do something. Although I agree more is needed. No doubt education from an early age.

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        Yes, get rid of ciggies first, I know a lot if people have found vapes helpful for stopping smoking.

        Ban single-use vapes, get rid of all the fancy flavours and then possibly look at offering vapes by prescription.

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          1 year ago

          Some flavouring is probably ok at least until cigarettes are far less accessible than they are currently, but they could do a lot around how they are marketed. Plain packaging, plain names & non-flowery descriptions (i.e. “Strawberry & Apple - fruit, medium tart, medium sweet” ok, “Dragonz Dreamz - juicetastic swirls of tangtastic crunchy orchard apple and plumptious sweet strawberries lifting you to a magical realm” not ok).

          They probably don’t need to be prescription only, as you want people to find it super-easy to switch, but there’s a decent case for making them pharmacy only. Maaybe allow off-licenses to sell them, though this rather reinforces the sense of a fun recreational thing & they’d end up being bought to try at parties.

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        1 year ago

        Whilst you’re at it, phase out alcohol and provide education from a young age that is one of the most destructive drugs.