Amaqembu ahlukahlukene avela ePhilippines ayaqhubeka nokumela ezinye izindlela ezingabhemi njengogwayi be-elekthronikhi kanye nemikhiqizo kagwayi eshisayo (ama-HTP) njengoba amanye amazwe aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia aqala ukuphoqa ukuthi kulawulwe ezinye izindlela ezingabhemi ukuze kwehliswe ukulimala okuvela ekubhemeni.
Umthetho ohlongozwayo Wokulawulwa Kwemikhiqizo Ye-Nicotine noma umthethosivivinywa we-vape ophasiswe yiCongress ngu elinde isignesha kaMongameli Rodrigo Duterte. Izazi zezemfundo kanye nongoti bomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe bazwakalise ukukweseka ukugunyazwa kwalo mthethosivivinywa, bethi uzonikeza enye indlela engase ibe yingozi esikhundleni sikagwayi futhi unciphise isibalo sababulawa ugwayi. Lo mthethosivivinywa uhlose ukulawula ukusetshenziswa, ukukhiqizwa, ukudayiswa, ukuhweba, ukusatshalaliswa kanye nokukhuthazwa kwemikhiqizo ekhipha umphunga nogwayi oshisayo ezweni. Kodwa-ke, izophinde yehlise iminyaka ephansi yokusebenzisa ugwayi we-e-cigarette isuka kwengu-21 iye kweyi-18.
I-Imperial College London Center for Psychedelic Research Director, uSolwazi David Nutt, uthe iPhilippines izozuza uma i-vaping ikhuthazwa ngogwayi.
eThailand ohlelweni lokwamukela umthetho lokho kuzosusa ukuvinjelwa kwe-vaping ukuze kunikeze abantu abadala ababhemayo ezinye izindlela zokungabhemi ezibhekwa njengeziyingozi kangako kunokubhema ugwayi. Umthetho osalungiswa ofuna ukwenza kube semthethweni ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ofakwe ekomitini elincane lephalamende lase-Thailand. UNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho Wedijithali kanye Nomphakathi waseThailand u-Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn uzwakalise ukwesekwa ukuze kuphasiswe umthethosivivinywa.
U-Anton Israel, uMongameli we-Nicotine Consumers Union of the Philippines (NCUP) uthe ukunikeza ezinye izindlela kubantu abaningi kuzonciphisa imiphumela eyingozi yokubhema. Wengeze ngokuthi amazwe amaningi aseqala ukuqaphela ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokunciphisa ukulimala ekubhemeni ukunikeza abathengi ukukhetha okungcono njengogwayi we-electronic kanye nama-HTP.
Abathengi base-Asia bafanelwe ukufinyelela okufanayo kugwayi ongabhemi njengalokho okutholwa abathengi base-US naseYurophu. Sithemba ukuthi amazwe amaningi aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia azosebenzisa indlela enengqondo nengokwesayensi yokunciphisa umonakalo obangelwa ukubhema.
- Anton Israel
Umfelandawonye we-Asia Pacific Tobacco Reduction Advocates Omele iPhilippine uClarisse Virgino uthe amazwe amaningi aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia kulindeleke ukuthi afunde kokuhlangenwe nakho kwePhilippines, avume “ukwamukela ukunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi iyindlela ephumelela kakhulu yezempilo yomphakathi yokubhekana nenkinga yokubhema.”
