NgoMeyi 17, 2022, i-E-Cigarette Summit yaminyaka yonke yabanjwa eWashington, DC, nabacwaningi, abagqugquzeli babathengi, abalawuli, izifundiswa, isitolo se-vape abanikazi, kanye nabaphathi bezimboni bathokozele umcimbi.
Lo mhlangano unikeze umphakathi ithuba elingandile lokubuza izikhulu eziphezulu zeFood and Drug Administration (FDA's) mayelana nemithetho ye-vape. Abantu abaningi babukeka bengasathembi le nhlangano ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kwayo.
Umqondisi wehhovisi lesayensi esikhungweni se-ejensi se-Center for Tobacco Products, u-Matthew Holman, kanye nomqondisi we-Health Communication and Education, u-Kathleen Crosby, babhekana nengwadla njengoba ababekhona bebahlohla ngemibuzo phakathi neseshini ye-Q&A. Ababekhona abaningana bebefuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani i-FDA ibilokhu ikhuluma kabi “ngokuqhubeka kwengozi” - umbono wokuthi eminye imikhiqizo ye-nicotine iphephile kuneminye.
Izingxenye eziningi zesimiso santambama zakhuluma ngalolu daba. Umbuzo omkhulu wawuwukuthi kungani i-FDA yayilokhu iqhubeka nokutshela okungeyikho umphakathi mayelana nogwayi we-elekthronikhi, nokho yayigunyaze imikhiqizo ethile yomhwamuko ngenqubo ye-PMTA enzima negxekwa kakhulu.
Ezinkulumweni zabo, uVaughan Rees, umqondisi weSikhungo SaseHarvard Sokulawula Ugwayi, noDavid Ashley, owayengumqondisi weHhovisi Lesayensi e-CTP, bavumile ukuthi i-vaping iyindlela enhle yokuqeda ukubhema okuvuthayo kanye nemiphumela yako.
A isitolo se-vape umnikazi osuka eMichigan, uMarc Slis, unikeze inkulumo enomoya echaza ukuthi ukuphathwa kwe-FDA kwenzelwe ukukhuthaza abantu abadala ukuthi babuyele kugwayi. Esinye isikhulumi, uDkt. Jasjit Ahluwalia, usosayensi wezempilo yomphakathi, ucaphune a ucwaningo lwamuva lokho kwabonisa ukuthi u-60% wodokotela base-US bakholelwa ukuthi i-nicotine ibangela umdlavuza. Esethulweni, udokotela wagqamisa ukuthi i-FDA ayilwa nokwaziswa okuyiphutha; kunalokho, kuba nesandla kukho.
Wasebenzisa isibonelo somkhankaso wokuvimbela intsha we-FDA owawuhlobanisa ukuhoxiswa kwe-nicotine nokudangala kanye nokukhathazeka kwesikhathi esifushane njengokwaziswa okuyiphutha okukhulu ngoba umphakathi ungase uqale ukucabanga ukuthi i-nicotine ibangela lezi zimo ngokuqondile.
U-Crosby uphendule ngokuthi umnyango wakhe uxhumanisa kuphela ukudangala nokukhathazeka kwesikhashana nokuhoxa, hhayi i-nicotine ngokwayo. Kulokhu, uDkt Ahluwalia unxuse le nhlangano ukuthi ihlanganise kahle umyalezo wayo.
Owayengumqondisi we-United Kingdom’s Action on Smoking and Health, uClive Bates, naye wengeza izwi lakhe kule nkulumo-mpikiswano ethi i-nicotine ingakwazi ukwelapha ukukhathazeka nokucindezeleka kunokuba ikubangele. Uthole ukuthi i-FDA inephutha ngokwenza ihaba ngezingozi zokufeza ushintsho elufunayo. Ochungechungeni lwemibuzo, uphakamise ukuthi i-FDA, ngokungenzi lutho noma ikhomishini, yazisa intsha ngokungeyikho ukuthi i-vaping iyingozi njengokubhema ukuyiyekisa ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo ye-vape. Waphendula uprofesa wesayensi yokuziphatha kanye nengqondo, uDkt. Kevin Gray, owaphakamisa ukuthi i-nicotine akuyona indlela ekahle yokubhekana naleyo mizwa elimele.
Nakuba izethameli kanye nabadlali bephaneli babelindele ukukhulumisana okuvulekile, nokwakhayo, ukukhungatheka kwakuzwakala. Okukodwa kwe isitolo se-vape abanikazi, uSlis, bagxeka inqubo ye-PMTA ngenkathi bemi eduze kukaHolman. Kodwa-ke, uHolman wayelokhu ethi i-FDA ingalawula kuphela lokho ekugunyazwe ngumthetho.
Uvikele okwenziwa yile nhlangano, ekhomba uKhongolose lapho kubhalwa khona umthetho. Uveze ukuthi i-FDA isebenzisa amandla phezu kwemikhiqizo iCongress ebagunyaza ukuba bayenze nokuthi le nhlangano isebenzisa kuphela umthetho onikezwe ngabenzi bezomthetho.
U-Bates uvumelene ngokwezinga elithile nephuzu eliphakanyisiwe, kodwa waphinde wathi i-FDA inegunya lokuhumusha imithetho nokwengamela ukusetshenziswa kwayo. UHolman wachaza ukuthi umthetho ubabekela imingcele kulokho okufanele bakusho, inqubo, kanye nendlela yokukusho esidlangalaleni. Kubukeka kuyinselelo ezikhulwini ukusho ukuthi umphakathi ulindele ukuthi zikhulumeni.
