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Single-use e-cigarettes contain batteries that last hundreds of cycles despite being discarded (techxplore.com)
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[โ€“] sndrtj@feddit.nl 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Popularity among 18 year olds of > 50%. Christ. A significant chunk of those will become long term users.

[โ€“] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Part of why the single use vapes are popular seems to me to be due to kids using them, they can toss it out so they won't get in trouble for having it, or if they do get it taken away it's just the one disposable instead of a reusable device. They also smell and taste like candy.