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nialv7 80 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales

It might work if nicotine wasn't addictive. And because it is, the rational actor hypothesis goes out of the window, and taxing it is just going to hurt poor people who are addicted to nicotine.

ajmurmann 79 days ago [–]

This is only banning disposable vapes. The goal doesn't seem to be to cut down on smoking but on waste from disposable vapes.

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