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Lee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz )  to World NewsEnglish · 3 years ago

French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes

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French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes

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Lee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz )  to World NewsEnglish · 3 years ago
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National assembly votes unanimously for move to outlaw single-use e-cigarettes, or ‘puffs’
  • Plume (she/her) ( Plume@beehaw.org ) 
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    Ban vapes, but won’t ban cigarettes…

    • Monkey With A Shell ( ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com ) 
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      Hoho, buy how vuld we maintain ze image of ze snooty fenchman with ah rideeculously long cigarette holder zhen?

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      Vapes harm people and cigarette companies spent a lot of money to hide the fact that so do their products

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        I’m still pretty convinced that vaping is less harmful than smoking, but it’s also easier …

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      Don’t ban them, that’ll just start up a black market for them which way less safe and also makes sure the government doesn’t get any portion of the sales to fund healthcare.

      I say slowly ramp up the tax on them, incentiving smokers to quit. The higher price would also help prevent future smokers from picking up the habit since they’ll be so expensive, for pretty much no gain.

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        I say slowly ramp up the tax on them, incentiving smokers to quit.

        That’s what they’ve been doing for years. It doesn’t really seem to work and is effectively just a tax on the poors.

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