Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTobacco firm calls for tougher rules on vapeswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down12
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkTobacco firm calls for tougher rules on vapeswww.bbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoLet’s start with alcohol, my child won’t be dead tomorrow from a vape. They might from a grape flavored bottle of Smirnoff.
minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·7 months agoYeah, underage drinking is also a big problem, but it’s also not one I expect vape or cigarette manufacturers to have much sway over. I’m not sure if that was supposed to be a gotcha? Can we not look at one problem without simultaneously solving all problems?
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agoIts a gotcha because your 50 flavors of vodka isnt considered child centric marketing, and anyone who claimed otherwise would correctly be called a moron. But you are doing the exact same dance with vapes.
Let’s start with alcohol, my child won’t be dead tomorrow from a vape. They might from a grape flavored bottle of Smirnoff.
Yeah, underage drinking is also a big problem, but it’s also not one I expect vape or cigarette manufacturers to have much sway over.
I’m not sure if that was supposed to be a gotcha? Can we not look at one problem without simultaneously solving all problems?
Its a gotcha because your 50 flavors of vodka isnt considered child centric marketing, and anyone who claimed otherwise would correctly be called a moron.
But you are doing the exact same dance with vapes.