Ukumiswa kwe-California flavour ukuvinjelwa kwe-vape kungenzeka ihlale iminyaka emibili kuze kube yilapho abavoti benquma ukuthi bayawuchitha noma bawugcine umthetho yini. Abanye abamelene nokuvinjelwa, okuhlanganisa ugwayi ongenantuthu onephunga elimnandi, osikilidi abancane, nogwayi we-menthol baqoqe amasiginesha anele kubavoti. Lokhu bekuwumzamo wokunikeza abavoti ithuba lokuzikhethela ukwenqaba ukuvinjelwa kwe-vape nogwayi kunhlolovo kaNovemba 2022.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-CCF (California Coalition for Fairness) okuyiqembu elixhaswa ngemali futhi elakhiwe izinkampani ezinkulu zikagwayi ithe isiqoqe amasignesha angaphezu kwesigidi kubavoti ababhalisile ezifundazweni ezimelene nokuvinjelwa. Izikhathi zaseLos Angeles zathi kuze kufike ku-623, 312 amasignesha avumelekile ayadingeka. Ngaphandle kwalokho, amaqembu afana nomfelandawonye aqoqa ngaphezu kwenani elidingekayo lamasignesha ngoba amaningi alahlwa abacwaningi bamabhuku bombuso. Ngokulandelayo, ukuvinjelwa kuhlanganisa kuphela imikhiqizo ethengiswa ezitolo ezithengisayo futhi engasebenzi ezitolo ze-inthanethi. Ekuqaleni, umthethosivivinywa wawuvimbela yonke imikhiqizo kagwayi kanye ne-vaping kwezinye izinambitheka ngaphandle kukagwayi ngokwawo, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, abagqugquzeli baphumelele ekutholeni inguqulo yokugcina kagwayi wamapayipi, ogwayi abaphambili, kanye nemikhiqizo ye-hookah. UMbusi uNewsom usayine lokhu kwaba ngumthetho ngomhla zingama-28 ku-Agasti.
USenator uJerry Hill obhekele ukwethula lo mthethosivivinywa uthe ugwayi onephunga elimnandi usetshenziselwe imboni ukuheha ngisho nabancane ukuthi babheme futhi babheme. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubalule ucwaningo olwenziwa ngo-2018 yi-CDCP (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) oluthole ukuthi kuze kufike kumaphesenti angama-49 abafundi basesikoleni esiphakathi kanye namaphesenti angama-67 abafundi bezikole zamabanga aphezulu abasebenzisa imikhiqizo kagwayi ezinsukwini ezingama-30 ezandulele. ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo kagwayi enongiwe. Abakhiqizi bakagwayi i-BAT/RJ Reynolds (Newport, Camel) kanye ne-Altria (Marlboro) baxhase i-CCF ezingxenyeni ezinkulu ngokusebenzisa imali efinyelela ezigidini ezingama-21 emzamweni wokumisa ukuvinjelwa. Ngokusekelwe kulokho okwashiwo Umkhankaso Wezingane Ezingabheki Ugwayi, ukubambezeleka kwezinyanga ezingu-22 kungase kubize abakhiqizi bakagwayi kakhulu njengoba kuzosho enye imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.1 ekuthengisweni kukagwayi. Noma kunjalo, kuzoletha ukukhululeka okuncane kubanikazi bamabhizinisi abancane be-vape esifundazweni.
Umthetho ngabe uyisigwebo sentambo kubakhiqizi abaningi be-e-liquid kanye isitolo se-vape abanikazi. Nakuba, ukuthengiswa kwe-inthanethi kuvunyelwe ukuqhubeka, iningi izitolo ze-vape eCalifornia kuncike kakhulu ekuthengisweni kobuso nobuso kwama-vapes e-liquid anongiwe.
Ngokushaqisayo, akukho okuhlukile okwenziwe emikhiqizweni egunyaziwe futhi eye yadlula kunqubo yokubuyekezwa kwemakethe ye-FDA. Ukuze kucace, ukugunyazwa nokuhambisa i-PMTAS esikhungweni akukwazanga ukusindisa noma yimuphi umkhiqizi ekuvinjelweni. Akekho umenzi ovunyelwe ukuthengisa, ngisho nasezifundeni ezinkulu zezwe. Ngisho nangemva kwe-CASSA, iqembu labathengi likhiphe izingcingo zokuthi zithathelwe izinyathelo amalungu ayo aseCalifornia; bekungekho ukuphikiswa okubonakalayo kokuvinjelwa kwe-flavour. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akuzange kube khona ukuhlanganyela kwamaqembu emboni emzamweni wokuqoqa amasignesha kubavoti ababhalisile.
