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Fire and ‘sheer volume’: how Britain’s 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain
(www.theguardian.com)
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They banned the ones with sensible tank sizes, which pushed everyone into using to the disposable ones. Everyone who knew anything about it knew that it was a mistake. They do not acknowledge that mistake and are hoping that we've all forgotten.
They did the same here, the only ones you can buy now are ones made by the same big tobacco companies people were trying to avoid and are still in business for some reason smh. Anyways, it's a bad habit since you can hit a vape literally anywhere I was just using it all the time, I feel much better now that I quit, it was useful to quit smoking but now I feel dumb for having vaped so long afterwards, it's just a lame habit lol.