Uhulumeni wase-Malaysian uhlela ukuvala ukudayiswa kwama-vaper nogwayi we-electronic kubantu abazalwa ngemva kuka-2005. ukuvinjelwa kwe-vape kubonwe ngabaningi abangaphakathi kule mboni njengesinyathelo sikaHulumeni esihlose ukubulala imboni yabo. Lokhu kuzoba yinhlekelele ezweni futhi banxusa uhulumeni ukuthi abuyekeze ukuma kwawo. Imboni yokukhipha umphunga ezweni ibiza izigidigidi ezingama-R2.27 futhi iqashe izinkulungwane zabantu.
Mohamad Neezam Talib, umongameli we i-Malaysia E-Vaporizers & Tobacco Alternative Association (i-MEVTA) ikholelwa ukuthi ama-vapes nogwayi yimikhiqizo emibili ehlukene ngakho-ke akufanele kuhlanganiswe ngaphansi komthetho ofanayo.
“Ama-vapes ayindlela engabizi kangako uma kuqhathaniswa nogwayi futhi angasiza abantu ababhemayo ukuba bayeke ukubhema. Uhulumeni kufanele abone i-vaping njengendlela yokunciphisa isibalo sababhemayo ezweni njengoba ibonakale iphumelela kwamanye amazwe. Lo mgomo uthumela umyalezo ongalungile kubabhemi namuhla ngoba ufanisa ugwayi nama-vapes njengemikhiqizo enezingozi ezifanayo,” uthe
U-Datuk Adzwan Ab Manas, umongameli we-Malaysia Retail Electronic Cigarette Association (MRECA) ohlangothini lwakhe uthe imboni ye-vaping e-Malaysia yakhiwe ikakhulukazi osomabhizinisi baseBumiputera. Ukholelwa ukuthi laba somabhizinisi bazothinteka kakhulu uma uhulumeni evala imikhiqizo ekhipha umphunga njengoba bekuhlongoziwe.
“Isiphetho semboni eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-R2.27, kanye nabasebenzi abangu-15,000 namabhizinisi angama-vape angu-3,000 eMalaysia, azothinteka uma uhulumeni engakucabangi kahle lokhu kuvinjelwa. IMalaysia ithathwa njengomunye wabakhiqizi be-vape abahamba phambili emhlabeni. Iphinde ibe namandla amakhulu okuheha abatshalizimali bakuleli nabangaphandle. Ngale nqubomgomo, izophazamisa amandla eMalaysia njengomkhiqizi wemikhiqizo ye-vape emhlabeni, " esho ngesikhathi enikeza isitatimende ngokuhlanganyela noMohamad Neezam Talib we-MEVTA.
Laba baholi ababili baphikisana nohulumeni ukuthi agxile ekwakheni uhlaka olungcono lokulawula imboni ye-vaping kuqala. Bathi lokhu kubambezeleke okwesikhathi eside njalo kuzaphathisa uhulumende ukuthi abe lombono ongcono mayelana lemikhiqizo kulokuthi ayifake esigabeni sinye legwayi lesintu.
U-Khairy Jamaluddin, ungqongqoshe wezempilo ubike ukuthi uMthethosivivinywa Wokulawulwa Kogwayi Nokubhema wamukelwa yikhabhinethi ngomhla ziyi-13 kuJulayi 2022. Uthi umthethosivivinywa usendleleni yokuthi wethulwe ephalamende. Lokhu kuyinto abaningi embonini ye-vaping abamelene nayo. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umthethosivivinywa ohlongozwayo uvimbela noma ngubani ukuba abe nethambo ngemuva kukaJanuwari 2005 ukuthenga imikhiqizo kagwayi.
