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Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU

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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god I hope other places follow suit - they're disgustingly wasteful. I mean, what the fuck humanity - everything about them is still perfectly usable except the coil gets (intentionally) burnt. I hate this reality...
- They're cheap(ish) and easy, just like basically everything else that's unrepairable manufactured e-waste
  
  This thing was also easy to use. Even modern pod systems are easy to use. Just keep an eye on the liquid level and replace the cartridge when it tastes bad.
  
  And they're cheaper as well, a disposable one is €10 here while containing about 2 ml of liquid. With the same stores selling refillable starter packs for €16 and 10 ml liquid for €4.
  Yet I see the same people hoarding cheap cigarettes while on vacation, but refusing to twist off a cap to refill and plugging it in to charge when it's empty, instead of tearing open a new one.
  
  I'm using something similar, Salt+ with refillable capsules. Each capsule (coil) lasts for ~15-20ml or 1.5-2 bottles of liquid
- 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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