Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears

https://lemmy.world/post/4912104

Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears - Lemmy.world

Went from “vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking” to “ban it, think of the children” in only 5 years…

How much did the reversal cost Phillip Morris and RJR, do you suppose?

It does seem like loads of kids vape these days, and rather openly as well.

Disposable vapes should be banned because of the waste, and they should do the blank packaging approach for vapes/vape juice.

Just because it’s better than smoking doesn’t mean it’s good, and nobody really knows the long term health effects.

@li10 @aelwero (do we not have long term data on use of nicotine by inhalation? )

Not exclusively. Nicotine inhalation traditionally has been in combination with the rest of the chemicals and tar in cigarettes.

Personally… yes? I know some vapers who have been around in the industry for almost 20 years. I’ve heard reports around x-rays of older vapers coming out nearly the same as a nonsmoker.

The real enemy of nicotine inhalation seems to have more to do with what carries it rather than the nicotine itself.

Does Dip Cause Cancer?

Different types of "dip" or chewing tobacco have been tied to cancer. Here is a closer look at the connection.

Verywell Health
That was a fun read. How does it pertain to inhalation of nicotine via propelyne glycol and vegetable glycerin?

Oh, I actually thought I deleted this comment since I realized I didn't really know what I was talking about. But since it's here, and you took the time to read it; The question that went through my mind is "okay, I know that there's more to vaping/smoking than just nicotine, but what about chewing tabbaco? Isn't that nicotine that harms you without the additives from smoking/vaping?

I started with that article, but got lazy and didn't want to look into it further. Sorry for the confusion.

Chewing tobacco would also contain the carcinogens of tobacco resting in your mouth, causing cancer generally wherever it sits. The tobacco is still the delivery system for the nicotine. In the case of some snus, some are tobacco free, and are simply nicotine pouches that have soaked flavor and nicotine into them. Nicotine, like caffeine, vanillin, THC, can be extracted into its pure form from tobacco, removed from tobacco entirely and delivered in safer methods. This is the mindset behind vaping.
Oh right anyone who has an apple product is a sheep in your mind, but please do carry on with your long winded explanation into the chemical reaction of tobacco and nicotine. Surely thats healthy to indulge in, and not at all worse for you than wearing some shudders airpods?