Quit smoking, but patriotically

Students at Samara University in Russia’s Volga region are collecting used e-cigarettes to help Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, according to Volunteers in Uniform, a patriotic student group that forms part of the university’s Falcon military club.

According to a flyer printed by Volunteers in Uniform, who said the decision to collect e-cigarettes was made after “people involved in the special military operation” approached the group, an e-cigarette’s battery and microchip can be repurposed for use in drones.

The flyer, based on a well-known Soviet anti-drinking poster, replaces the glass of vodka in the original with an e-cigarette and bears the legend “1 e-cigarette = 1 drone attack on the enemy!” and were distributed all over the university campus.

“The e-cigarette collection is ongoing. Get involved. The front needs our help!!! Collect and hand in used e-cigarettes,” the flyer said.