- SbisasCostlyTurnover ( @Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ) English4•1 year ago
I fear that it might take a little more than banning vapes to make the country healthier.
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 ( @Emperor@feddit.uk ) English5•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.
- apis ( @apis@beehaw.org ) English2•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.
- Redacted ( @Redacted@lemm.ee ) 1•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.
- whelks_chance ( @whelks_chance@feddit.uk ) 4•1 year ago
They’ll have to make the rest of life far more enjoyable before removing alcohol. And even then.