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Online vape seller has ‘no intention of stopping’ shipments to Australia, despite nationwide ban — ‘We have no intention of stopping just because of one twat in Canberra.’::The New Zealand-based seller issued a notice to its Australian customers that shipments will continue regardless of the government's vape reform.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (38 children)

The real question here is, are there (mostly) harmless?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (28 children)

They fill landfills with descartable batteries, causing a lot of contamination. This is not the reason they're being banned, but it should be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Ironically a lot of US states have banned reusable vapes but allow disposable ones making the problem worse

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