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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by jiggawatts on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @12:46AM (#46612767)
They’re better than cigarettes, so they’re the lesser evil.
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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by internetter on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @02:45AM (#46613415)
You cannot say "better" in this context without an almost endless degree of quantification that could fill textbooks. By what metric? Public health? Cost effectiveness? Environmental impact? How do we measure these things? I assume you're arguing a health perspective (which, at this point all we can say is probably better), but in the context of TFA "better" is more likely to be interpreted in an environmental context, of which I haven't really been convinced either way.
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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by FridayoLeary on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @02:29AM (#46613338)
I would argue that in the context of ops complaint they are worse.
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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by willtemperley on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:50AM (#46614532)
They're not. The list of drugs found in them is terrifying:

https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Announcement/Details/8afbc6e8-9439...

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