The disposable black market & associated disproportionate rise in youth vaping in Australia results from the illegality of all vapes, not just disposables. It's hard to imagine it becoming a burgeoning black market predicated solely on that vapers find the highly available, better value, relatively environmentally friendly option untenable. Overall a sensible move I think coming from a pro-vape perspective
this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024
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What was the rationale for banning all vapes in Australia? Seems excessive. Are cigarettes banned too?
To address youth vaping. The outcome of that has been that youth vaping is significantly higher than in other OECD member countries, and kids are now getting them from the 'vape dealer' whom may have other illicit drugs available. Cigarettes aren't banned, only made unaffordable via progressive excise tax. That's had its own unintended consequences of launching a new market for "chop chop" i.e. illegally grown unprocessed tobacco, as well as black market imports that sidestep the plain packaging laws, and tobacco gang wars in Sydney and Melbourne.
Tobacco companies weren't making money off them, no juul equivalent here, nothing from Marlboro/Phillip Morris ECT. Big lobbies to push the government. A year past the ban on vapes and I can still find them everywhere.... Except from the doctors and pharmacies that are meant to be selling legal replacements.
Cigarettes and tobacco products are highly taxed. Why they didn’t go down that route I’ll never understand.
Based.
Should've been done years ago.
Yeah there’s only really benefits to this.
But not disposable lighters?
Lighters last a super long time and they don’t contain batteries which is the real concern.
Lighters last a super long time
flashbacks to last 4th of July where we needed to get 4 different disposable lighters before one worked
Not that the actual lighters are any better, those dry out on their own with no use.
Hate to be a shill, but were they of the Bic brand or were they shitty knock offs?
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I've never seen a "disposable" lighter that didn't have a gas filling hole.
went to my junk drawer and got one, Doesn't have anything on the bottom and top won't come off without breaking
You can actually remove it pretty easily. I recall because I removed that shiny metal bit so I could follow a life hack video that allows you to increase the flame size. I'm sure you could take it off and refill it.
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People should be boofing nicotine pouches like God intended anyhow.
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Yeah, good luck with that. Nobody is regulating any of it so the rules might as well be advisory only.
Seemingly every dodgy corner shop sells high strength disposable vapes already, so I don't know why they'd stop because of this...
In the same fashion that cigarettes are no longer on display in stores this will absolutely have an effect. The supply chain will eventually evaporate so once stores are out of stock it'll no longer be common place. Sure, they could be imported but stores that don't comply won't be common and will stick out easily.
I don't think cigarettes being out of view lead to their decrease, nor all the warnings or pictures of diseases. It's more that they cost about £15 a pack. Honestly feels like weed has already overtaken cigarettes.
I know they mean well, and disposables are spectacularly wasteful, but I can also see the appeal of a cheap, no maintenance, no mess, no faff vape.
And from a purely selfish point of view, I'd rather smell Fruit Salad smelling vapes everywhere than cigarettes or more bloody weed.
Right and how are they going to get new stock exactly? When they ban something they ban the import of them as well not just the sale.