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France Plans Disposable Vape Ban to Help Youths Avoid Smoking (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 1 year ago by tal@kbin.social to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here in Russia. The old ass government is so quick to ban absolutely anything, but somehow haven't taken any action on anything that actually matters.

Not that I'm surprised in any capacity, just mad.

[–] whataboutshutup 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Stuff that actually matters brings profit to some important people. Addictive drugs are a lucrative biz. If selling them hasn't got an approval from the top, they couldn't have spread as much as they had.

In EU\US it's mostly about lobbies, there it's pure feudal nepotism. Someone's been probably given a role to oversee their import\certification\reselling and collect their %s in return. Hard to imagine a legistation to hurt that scheme being even voiced.