🗑️ Is a disposable vape a "quit-smoking gadget," or just new trash and addiction?
Is a disposable vape a "quit-smoking gadget," or new trash and addiction?
What spread rapidly abroad is the disposable vape.
Cheap.
Light.
No charging.
Sweet.
Pretty colors.
Buy it like a convenience-store snack.
Toss it and you're done.
At a glance it's convenient. If an adult smoker uses it as an entry point to quit cigarettes, it might play some role. But a disposable vape carries too many separate problems to view as a quit-smoking tool.
Appeal to young people
First, its appeal to young people. The WHO asks governments to regulate flavored tobacco and nicotine products as a factor that draws youth into addiction. In the UK, too, disposable vapes have a large presence in youth use, and ASH materials report that disposable types are very common as youth devices.