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I think in this case prohibition should work fine...
The alternative is just... Get a non-disposable one and learn a bit of maintenance. Jesus.
I use a disposable vape now and I was adamant about not using one because of the wastefulness, until they banned flavored vape liquid in my state.
It started to get really hard to buy coils for my vape, because it became unprofitable for these companies to operate here, and then even harder to find the liquid I enjoy.
Non-disposable ones tend to be bulky too. Not to mention the maintenance is a huge pain in the ass. The non-disposable vapes tend to leak. Doesn't matter which one you use. If you don't prime the coil correctly they burn out in a few puffs, and you just wasted 5+ bucks on the coil you've been searching for. Coils only tend to last a few days to a week as well. So you're always on this search to find coils. Also reusable ones only last for a few months to maybe a year anyway (if you're lucky), then you have to spend 100+ on a new one.
Sure you could get the little pod ones but now you're being wasteful because you can't reuse those either, and break twice as fast.
Now I can buy 2 disposables that last a month, don't leak, don't take a lot of real estate in my pocket, are significantly cheaper, is easier to find, and the flavor is always consistent.
I would've been fine with my reusable one until they banned the products that allowed me to use it.
So yeah prohibition doesn't work. You ban this people will just go back to smoking. Which is just as wasteful and way more toxic.
I'm so cute infused by this. I have a reusable weed pen that has zero of these issues. The product just comes in a sealed container and you screw it into the base.
Yes, because the "product that comes in a sealed container" is actually the entire vape including the coil, the base you screw it into is nothing more than the battery and charging electronics
That's still preferable over throwing away the battery as well, but it's still a disposable vape
It's still plenty wasteful, but the most environmentally impactful part is throwing away the battery. If the battery isn't disposable you've gotten rid of a large chunk of the problem.