I-FDA isimemezele umthetho omusha nowokugcina we-Premarket Tobacco Application (PMTA).
Lokhu okushiwo umthetho omusha ukuthi abakhiqizi bazodinga i-PMTA ukuze bathole imvume yokumaketha. Lokhu kugunyazwa kuyodingeka ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umkhiqizo “ufanele ukuvikela impilo yomphakathi”. Kufanele ithunyelwe ngaphambi kokuthi kunikezwe imvume yokumaketha.
Umthetho omusha uthembisa ukuthi akukho sizo emabhizinisini amancane nabakhiqizi. Umthetho we-PMTA oyinkimbinkimbi futhi obizayo ubonakala ungowokugcina. Lokhu akukuhle neze Izindaba ezinkampanini ezincane. Iningi lalawa mabhizinisi lizifaka engcupheni yokuphuma ebhizinisini njengoba kulula ukuqhuba ibhizinisi le-vaping ngokusemthethweni.
Ngokusho kukamongameli we-American Vaping Association, uGregory Conley, "Iqiniso elingacacile lezinkampani ezincane ezizimele alilutho kulo mthetho we-FDA ubonisa ukuthi kuhle. Izindaba ingaphambili,” “Inhlanganisela yemikhawulo emisha ye-PACT Act kanye nokwehluleka kwe-HHS kanye ne-FDA yabaphathi bakaTrump ukwenza lula inqubo ye-PMTA kuzokwenza kube nzima kakhulu ukuqhuba amabhizinisi e-vape asemthethweni ezinyangeni neminyaka ezayo.”
Umthetho omusha we-PMTA uhlanganisa izimpendulo ze-FDA ezindabeni eziphakanyiswe ngesikhathi sokuphawula komphakathi. Akukho okushintshile njengoba i-ejensi ingavumelani kakhulu nabaphawulayo futhi igcina isimo sayo sangaphambili, nakuba abalawuli becacisa amaphuzu athile angaqondakali.
Abanye abameli bemboni encane ye-vape njenge-American Vapor Manufacturers Association selokhu banxenxe i-FDA(kanye noMnyango Wezempilo Nezinsizakalo Zabantu) ukuze kube lula futhi kulula inqubo ye-PMTA yabakhi abancane. Izethembiso zenziwe ekuqaleni kuka-2020 zisebenza kulokhu ngunobhala u-Alex Azar.
Nokho, izithembiso zenqubo ye-PMTA elula azizange zigcwaliseke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-FDA manje inqabe ngokuqondile lezo zicelo zenqubo elula emthethweni wokugcina.
Yize izinkampani ezincane zisadidekile, izinkampani ezinkulu zizohlomula ohlelweni lwe-PMTA njengoba zinesabelomali sokuxhasa ucwaningo olubizayo, ososayensi bezisebenzi, kanye namalebhu angaphakathi. Izinkampani eziningi ezincane neziphakathi nendawo ngemva kokuhambisa izicelo zazo zisengozini yokuthola izincwadi zokushoda ezivela kwa-FDA, zibacela ukuthi zenze umsebenzi owengeziwe kanye nokuhlola okwengeziwe.
Lezi zidingo zibiza kakhulu ukuthi iningi lalezi zinkampani lingakwazi ukuzisingatha futhi cishe zizogoqa futhi zishiywe ngaphandle kwebhizinisi. Imakethe emnyama engaphansi komhlaba ngeke igwemeke.
Izinkampani ezinkulu ezithola ukugunyazwa kwe-PMTA zizobheka lezi zimakethe ezincane ezingaphansi komhlaba njengezinsongo, ukuncintisana, kanye nobungozi ekusasa lazo.
“Izinhlangano ezixhaswe ngezimali yi-Bloomberg ziyazi ukuthi imikhankaso yokuqamba amanga isebenzile nokuthi ngisho nabenzi bomthetho abathi bayayithanda inkululeko baye bangabaza ukuvikela lokho okubizwa ngokuthi 'imakethe engalawulwa' ye-vaping," kusho uConley we-AVA. Lezi zinhlangano ezimelene nokhetho zizinikele kakhulu ekwenqabeleni kangangokuthi ngisho nemikhiqizo egunyazwe yi-FDA ayamukeleki kuzo.
Uma izinkampani ezinkulu sezigunyazwe ama-PMTA, okuwukuphela kwesu lomthetho eliphusile lalezi zinkampani kuzoba ukukhuthaza ngokuzwakalayo ukuphoqelelwa kombuso kubakhiqizi nabathengisi abathengisa imikhiqizo ngaphandle kwama-PMTA.
Kuleli sonto, i-FDA iqale ukuphoqelela izinkampani ezincane ezithengisa imikhiqizo ye-vape kanye i-e-liquid ngaphandle kokuhambisa ama-PMTA.
