A 12-year-old girl who suffered a lung collapse and spent four days in an induced coma has told the BBC that children should never start vaping.

  • @[email protected]
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    49 months ago

    I liked that proposal to raise the minimum age every year that was proposed in the UK. Let people quit or smoke until they die but don’t let people start smoking

    • FfaerieOxide
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      39 months ago

      I think people should be able to dope their systems with whatever they want.

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        9 months ago

        Exactly. Banning tobacco outright isn’t going to stop smoking, it’ll just create a black market. And we know how effective that has been for ‘real’ drugs. Smoking has been naturally declining in popularity anyway, so it really just feels like Tory posturing.

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      9 months ago

      I think that became an actual law in Australia.

      Edit: it was NZ, my bad!

        • 520
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          29 months ago

          Ahhh you’re right! Thank you!

      • Sarsaparilla
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        In Australia we just put the price up exponentially each year so that eventually noone will be able to afford them except the very richest in the country. I stopped smoking on 1/1/2020 when it was already over $1 per cigarette. It’s considerably more expensive now … I think about $30 for a pack of 20s. That’s why my friend never has any dosh and is always borrowing money from ppl.