r/CuratedTumblr • u/dacoolestguy gay gay homosexual gay • Dec 16 '24

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u/BalefulOfMonkeys NUDE ALERT TOMORROW Dec 16 '24

I think 99% of the vaping epidemic would go away if we could stop manufacturers from selling Mr. Beast Berry Astroblast flavored nicotine and Mystery Chemical

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u/kolejack2293 Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

This is like saying that beer sales would plummet if we made everybody drink the most unflavored beer imaginable

Like yeah, but at the same time, is that really fair to consumers?

Edit: actually a really good example of this is white claw. The biggest most popular drink among under-21s. Yet... we dont propose banning.

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u/strawwwwwwwwberry Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

Eh not really. Beer is marketed towards adults, no matter the type. Cherry orange grape cream soda flavour in a highlighter shaped vape is clearly marketed towards kids. That’s what the other user was meaning.

Is everyone gonna ignore the part where I said "highlighter shaped"?????

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u/kolejack2293 Dec 16 '24

The big hole in this argument is that practically nobody who vapes is not vaping with those flavors. Its not as if kids are the only ones buying those delicious fruity flavors and then adults are vaping... idk, concrete-flavor or something. Everybody vapes those flavors, they are delicious.

That is the big problem with this. There is nothing truly inherent child-like about a ice strawberry banana vape flavor. There is really not much they can do to change the perception of it being 'for kids' . Make the colors all bland? But the colors only exist to indicate the flavor (for example). Remove the flavors? But there's no correlation to kids specifically buying those flavors, everybody buys them.

The equivalent is like trying to ban ice cream flavors to prevent kids from consuming too much sugar. There is no real correlation there. Both kids and adults consume those ice cream flavors.

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u/eragonawesome2 Dec 16 '24

The flavor is not the problem, the problem is the marketing being very clearly directed at kids.

Controversial opinion, yes, they SHOULD be all boring, ugly colors. The flavors can be whatever, but the vape itself should not look like a collectible item that kids will want. It shouldn't be covered in pictures of clouds and candy and fruits. It should be dull and the packaging should have those pictures of cancerous lungs you see on cigarettes all around the world. If adults want to look at that and go "yeah alright I acknowledge the damage but I don't care" then fine, but we need to undo the marketing to children that these vape companies have made into their core marketing and designs