I switched from cigarettes to vaping in 2016 – after trying and failing multiple times through an eGo stage – once box mods had evolved to the point of being reliable and delivering a satisfying hit. That mod worked until 2023.
I’ve since had three fail, and you don’t want to spend $100 (when it’s not Black Friday and your mod dies, that’s the going rate at local vape shops, since I guess the margin on a single-18650 mod isn’t good enough) to be able to use your remaining $12 of juice when a disposable that lasts for a few weeks runs $20.
As such, I’ve been using disposables for several months now. I don’t like this transition given the waste and danger involved, but nicotine addiction is a bitch.
variouslegumes@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
It’s insane that disposables with lithium ion batteries are legal.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
…that ought to be completely illegal
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
They literally only exist because of all the government regulations that decimated the industry “because of the children.”
jarfil@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Not exactly. Toy-shaped non-nicotine fruit-flavored cheap disposables, are the best thing to get children hooked up on vaping.
Tobacco companies used to promote candy cigarettes for the same purpose.
termus@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure they technically aren’t but no one cares enough to stop their sale. Obama banned “vape flavorings targeting children” which all of them seem to be. I’ve only seen them for sale in vape/tobacco shops. Places that get regulated, like gas stations, aren’t carrying them. At least around where I am in the USA.