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Tobacco firm calls for tougher rules on vapes

Tobacco firm calls for tougher rules on vapes

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monkey's paw curls
Okay, nicotine is now a Schedule II drug. You need a prescription to buy anything with nicotine in it.
- Australia actually did that a couple years ago, but only for vaping-related nicotine. Cigs were unaffected.
  
  Good to see Australia completed unaffected by the tobacco lobby...

Ohh no our preciouse monopoly on addiction is being undercut. Would someone think of the poor tobaco companies struggling to keep the lights on.
- I mean... yeah, their motivations are obviously not pure, but having vape sellers be licensed similar to cigarette sellers and banning flavors that are marketed to kids both sound pretty reasonable IMO.
  
  I do hate when they try and flavor things as "middle school grape" and "minors only strawberry"
  
  How does anyone ever regulate what "flavors marketed to kids" entails? Plenty of adults like sweet, fruity flavors. What about vanilla? Very generic yet it'd attract kids. I do think nicotine is a scourge, and smoking is waaaaaaaay worse than vaping, just wanting to know how this would work

Regulatory capture. Be a big business. Lobby (give money to) politicians to get regulated. Make sure you have the money to implement the regulations. Make sure almost no one else has the money or opportunity to get the money to implement the regulations. Regulations force competitors out of business or make it possible to buy them. Regulations make it impossible for anyone new to compete against you. 3) Profit
This time last year we had Meta burning millions on commercials saying "the laws for the internet were passed on 1996. That's older than I am. We need new regulations to keep the internet safe." Aka it's not enough to buy all our competitors, we need to make sure no startups are even possible. We have the money and we want to make the rules.

I think it's really important that someone is finally standing up to Big Vape. This is a very brave move by Big Tobacco.

This is the best summary I could come up with:
The London-based tobacco company BAT has called for “more stringent” regulations on vaping, including a licensing regime similar to alcohol and cigarettes.
It sells Rothmans and Lucky Strike cigarettes, and is the most successful of the big western tobacco companies when it comes to the UK's booming market for disposable vapes, thought to be worth at least £3bn a year.
The company also wants a ban on soft drink, sweet or dessert flavours such as gummy bear or cotton candy, which it says appeal “uniquely” to the young.
The Local Government Association has called for single-use vapes to be banned, as they cause a litter problem and a fire risk in bin lorries, and appeal too strongly to children.
However, it does not support a ban on colourful packaging, nor on advertising or sports sponsorship – as it argues that these are still an important way to convince smokers to switch.
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I guess it'd be less catchy if it'd said vape firm calls for tighter regulation on vapes. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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