Ngokokuqala ngqa, bonke abathengisi be-vape abangama-49 eTaranaki abathengisi imikhiqizo ye-vape kubathengi abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-18 ubudala. Lokhu kulandela uhlolo lwakamuva lukahulumeni lapho amavolontiya angaphansi kweminyaka yobudala ecelwe ukuba azenze abangaba abathengi bemikhiqizo ye-vape evela kwa- izitolo. Zonke izitolo uthole amaphuzu aphelele ngokwenza inkuthalo efanele futhi ungathengisi abathengi abancane.
Ukuhlolwa kokuthenga okulawulwayo kwakamuva kubonise ukuthi bonke abathengisi bendawo ababethengisa imikhiqizo eshisayo bathobela i-Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990. Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi u-100% wezitolo zasendaweni. izitolo akazange aphumelele ukuhlolwa.
UMnyango Wezempilo Kazwelonke usebenze kanzima ukunqanda i-vaping yentsha ezweni. Kakade imibiko ibonisa ukuthi intsha eningi iqala ukubhema isanda kuqala ukuphila kwayo. Lona umkhuba oyingozi njengoba ukufutha noma ukusebenzisa eminye imikhiqizo ye-nicotine kungalutha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi ukuphefumula njalo kusengadala ukugula okufanayo okungapheli njengezifo zenhliziyo. Yize umphumela wesikhathi eside we-vaping usazokwaziwa, ucwaningo lokuqala lukhombisa ukuthi ukufutha kwentsha akuphephile njengoba intsha eningi izofuna ukukholelwa.
Ngokusho kukaCarly Stevenson, isikhulu esiphethe umthetho ongabhemi neNational Public Health Service, bonke abathengisi baseTaranaki abangama-49 abazange badayise ngisho nowodwa umkhiqizo wokufutha kubathengi abangamavolontiya abangaphansi kweminyaka yobudala. Kulokhu inhlangano yasebenzisa amavolontiya aneminyaka engu-15 kuya kwengu-17 ubudala. Amavolontiya kwakufanele azame ukuthenga imikhiqizo yokukhipha umphunga kwa- izitolo bathunyelwe ku.
UStevenson ubika ukuthi ngokokuqala ngqa zonke izitolo ezivakashelwe zawuqonda umthetho futhi zalandela inqubo efanele yokubona abathengi abancane bese bebathumela. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi wonke amabhizinisi aseTaranaki athengisa ugwayi nemikhiqizo ye-vaping manje ayaqonda izibopho zawo kanye nemithetho yamanje ehlobene nokudayiswa kwale mikhiqizo. UStevenson uphinde wanezela ukuthi nakuba abathengisi bephumelele ukuhlolwa ngalesi sikhathi, kubalulekile ukuthi bonke baqonde izinhlinzeko ze-Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act, baqeqeshe abasebenzi babo ngokuqukethwe kwayo futhi baqiniseke ukuthi ilandelwa ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Umthetho wezwe uyakwenqabela ukudayiswa kukagwayi kanye nemikhiqizo ye-vaping kubantu abaneminyaka engaphansi kweyi-18. UStevenson ukholelwa ukuthi abathengisi benza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokuthola abathengi abancane futhi baqinisekise ukuthi ababadayisi.
NgoJulayi kulo nyaka, kwenziwa uhlelo olufanayo lokuhlola ukuthenga okulawulwayo. Kwezi-16 izitolo okukhethiwe kwatholakala ukuthi kwephule lesi senzo ngokudayisa imikhiqizo ye-vaping eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala. Ngakho-ke imiphumela emisha iyintuthuko ephawulekayo phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha ezedlule.
Ngokusho kukaStevenson, abathengisi abazobanjwa bedayisa i-vape kubasebenzisi abancane bazothunyelwa eMnyangweni Wezempilo ukuze balungiselwe umthetho. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise ukushushiswa kanye nenhlawulo engu-$500. Ngalesi sizathu, uMnyango Wezempilo Kahulumeni uzoqhubeka nokuqapha abathengisi ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi bonke bayahambisana nalesi senzo. Lena ukuphela kwendlela yokunqanda izakhamuzi ezineminyaka engaphansi ubudala ukuthi zizame imikhiqizo yokuphefumula futhi zibe imilutha.
