French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] achille225@feddit.ch 49 points 11 months ago

It seems the title is misleading to some people : France is just banning the use of SINGLE-USE vapes, not all vapes.

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago

Hard to blame them. The amount of e waste is staggering

[-] autumn@beehaw.org 12 points 11 months ago

good. i found a ton of these nasty little things in my backyard when i moved into my current house. the house was (no surprise) previously occupied by a bunch of undergrads.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago

Isn't that a massive fire hazard apart from being bad for the environment?

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