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Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said the inexpensive e-cigarettes had turned into a health threat since they are an easy way for teenagers to be drawn into smoking and get hooked on nicotine.

“Disposable e-cigarettes is a new product simply designed to attract new consumers,” he said in an interview.

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[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

As someone that vapes because I am hopelessly addicted to nicotine, I am so happy to hear this. These devices should have never been legal in the first place. Like you said, they are the epitome of wasteful. I know not everyone can be fucked to hand-wrap their own coils, but if you can't manage to change out a pre-made coil, you don't deserve to vape. The only waste from my mod is the used coils, and on a rare occasion I have to throw out a tank when it finally wears out.

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