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Online vape seller has ‘no intention of stopping’ shipments to Australia, despite nationwide ban — ‘We have no intention of stopping just because of one twat in Canberra.’::The New Zealand-based seller issued a notice to its Australian customers that shipments will continue regardless of the government's vape reform.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

As an alternative, government regulates all sorts of things. Alcohol, gambling, cigarettes, firearms.

The government is the counterweight to corporations abusing people that might not be able to resist and the VERY negative societal impacts this has.

The fact you think this is unnecessary makes you very fortunate that you never had to deal with the negative externalities of these companies.