disposable vapes come with built in lithium batteries, while (most) disposable lighters don’t. so there is a very real difference between the two. but disposal lighters are also stupidly wasteful, so it would be nice to ban those as well.
flashbacks to last 4th of July where we needed to get 4 different disposable lighters before one worked
Not that the actual lighters are any better, those dry out on their own with no use.
I bought a dispose lighter of £1 from the middle of Lidl, It works fine over 6 months later. What don't work are those multipack ones there's a reason they're in a multi-back and it's because they're all terrible.
You can actually remove it pretty easily. I recall because I removed that shiny metal bit so I could follow a life hack video that allows you to increase the flame size. I'm sure you could take it off and refill it.