I-World Health Organization ibhekene nengwadla futhi, kulokhu ngowayengumqondisi oye wayigxeka inqubomgomo yokungabi ne-nicotine kunokungabhemi nokungafuni ezinye izindlela eziphephile esikhundleni sikagwayi.
Kwakamuva i-summit e-cigarette, Inhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba wonke yaba nethonya elikhulu esithunzini sayo ngemva kwenkulumo eyisihluthulelo kaProfesa Robert Beaglehole. Akuyena nje kuphela uProfessor Beaglehole ongusolwazi osafufusa wezempilo yomphakathi eNyuvesi yase-Auckland, kodwa futhi uke waba ngumqondisi woMnyango Wezifo Ezingamahlalakhona kanye Nokukhuthazwa Kwezempilo eNhlanganweni Yezempilo Yomhlaba.
I-WHO yakhe edlule yenza ukugxeka kwakhe izinqubomgomo zabo kucace nakakhulu. Ingxabano yakhe yayiwukuthi ukusindisa izigidi zabantu ababhemayo kuncike ekwenzeni ezinye izindlela eziphephile zitholakale, kuhlanganise vaporizer, hhayi ukuzama ukuqeda i-nicotine ngokuphelele.
Ngesikhathi senkulumo yakhe yosuku, u-Beaglehole ugxeke isivumelwano se-WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Ubalule ukuthi ihlulekile ukuzuza impumelelo ngoba ibigxile ngokungafanele ekuzithibeni i-nicotine futhi yehlulekile ukwamukela imikhiqizo engemihle kangako. Enye indawo ayigxekile eyokuzifela kwe-WHO nge-vaping yentsha egxile kakhulu kuyo kangangokuthi yehlulekile ukwenza izindlela eziphephile zokubhema kubantu abadala.
USolwazi Beaglehole uncome ukuthi kube nophenyo oluzimele ngobuholi be-WHO ngokushesha. Uthe i-WHO ine-yalahleka indlela' futhi yagxeka ukuba yimfihlo kwemihlangano yayo ye-FCTC Conference of Parties (COP).
Enye yezinkinga aziphakamisile ukuthembela kwe-WHO oxhasweni lwe-Bloomberg Philanthropies, akholelwa ukuthi iphoqa i-WHO endleleni engafanele ngenxa yemibono kaMichael Bloomberg. Kukholakala ukuthi iminikelo evela ku-Bloomberg Philanthropies idlule ngaphezu kwesigidigidi esingu-$1 kuze kube manje.
Uphinde waphawula ukuthi iminikelo ye-Bloomberg ihambisana nokunamathela kwe-WHO MPOWER, okungafaki nhlobo izinketho zokunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi. U-Beaglehole uphawule ukuthi noma yikuphi lapho i-MPOWER isetshenziswe khona, amazinga okubhema ehle ngenani eliphansi kakhulu noma akhuphuke ngempela.
Kafushane, u-Beaglehole waphawula ukuthi iNhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba njengamanje yengamele ukufa okuhlobene nokubhema okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-8 ngonyaka futhi ayenzi cishe okwanele ukwehlisa inani. Amazwe amaningi emhlabeni wonke amukele ezinye izindlela zokubhema ezifana ne-vaping, kodwa kusenenani elikhulu elivimbele imikhiqizo yokuphefumula ngokuphelele.
Ekupheleni kwenkulumo yakhe, uSolwazi Beaglehole ubuze umbuzo kulabo abasebenza ngaphakathi kwe-WHO nakwezinye izindawo abalokhu bephika izinzuzo zokunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi.
"Kuthiwani uma unephutha?” ebuza. “Uma unephutha, izindleko zizoba nkulu futhi zizokalwa ngezigidi zokufa okungavinjelwa. Lokhu kimina kubonakala kuyingcuphe engadingekile nengamukeleki nhlobo, futhi ngingakucela ukuthi ucabangele ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi unephutha."
Kuze kube nini i-WHO iqhubeka nokunganaki enye yezinsika ezintathu zesivumelwano sayo se-FCTC? Ngokuqinisekile, ezinye izindlela eziphephile esikhundleni sokubhema kufanelekile ukutshala kuzo ngenxa yezigidi nezigidi zabantu emhlabeni wonke.
