Uhulumeni wasePhilippines ukhombisa ukubumbana njengoba ufuna uphasise umthethosivivinywa we-vape oyingqopha-mlando ezolawula imboni yokukhipha umhwamuko ezweni. Lo mthethosivivinywa we-vape uklanyelwe ukunqanda ukudayiswa okungekho emthethweni kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi, ukuvikela abavukuzi emiphumeleni eyingozi yokukhishwa kwemfucuza kanye nokukhiqiza imisebenzi kulo mkhakha.
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Yonke iminyango emikhulu kahulumeni okuhlanganisa uMnyango Wezabasebenzi Nokuqashwa (i-DOLE), uMnyango Wezokuvikela Kazwelonke (DND), uMnyango Wezangaphakathi Nohulumeni Basekhaya (i-DILG), kanye noMnyango Wezohwebo Nezimboni (i-DTI) yonke izwakalise ukweseka. Imalia okumele ikhokhwe. Lokhu kwenzeke kulandela isicelo esivela eSigodlweni saseMalacañang sezincomo ngoMthethosivivinywa weSenate No. 2239 kanye noMthethosivivinywa weNdlu onguNombolo 9007.
Umthethosivivinywa we-vape ubeka imihlahlandlela yokwenziwa, ukupakishwa, ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe, ukusatshalaliswa, nokudayiswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi ezweni. Iphinde futhi ihlinzeke ngohlaka lokukhangiswa kanye nokusetshenziswa kwayo yomibili imikhiqizo ye-nicotine kanye ne-non-nicotine vaping. Kakade onobhala bekhabhinethi yezokuphatha yakwaDuterte base bewufakile umbono wabo futhi iningi laseka izinhlinzeko ezibekwe kuMthethosivivinywa ngesikhathi lo mthethosivivinywa ulethwa okokuqala kwikhabhinethi.
URamon Lopez, owayenguNobhala Wezohwebo uthe: "I-DTI ikholelwa ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-vape ingasetshenziswa njengenye indlela noma indlela ewusizo ekushintsheni ekuphuzeni imikhiqizo kagwayi evamile iye emikhiqizweni kagwayi engeyona ingozi." UNobhala u-Lopez wengeze ngokuthi izikweletu zihambisana nokuzibophezela kukahulumeni ekuvikeleni impilo yomphakathi, ukukhuthaza inhlalakahle yabathengi, nokuqeda ukushushumbiswa nokudayiswa okungekho emthethweni kwemikhiqizo engekho ezingeni. Washo lokho “I-DTI ikweseka ngokugcwele ukulawulwa kwe-nicotine ehwamuka nemikhiqizo engeyona i-nicotine neminye imikhiqizo yenoveli kagwayi (imikhiqizo ye-vape.)”
Ngasohlangothini lwakhe, u-Eduardo M. Ano, owayenguNobhala we-DILG uthe umnyango wakhe uyaweseka lo mthethosivivinywa njengoba ungagcini nje ngokunikeza uhlaka oluphelele lokungagcini nje kuphela ukwakhiwa, ukupakishwa, ukungeniswa kanye nokusatshalaliswa kwama-vape kodwa futhi ngenxa yokuthi uzohlinzeka ngokuphuthumayo. uhlaka oludingekayo ngokuthengiswa kanye nokusetshenziswa kokubili kwe-e-cigarette ye-nicotine kanye ne-non-nicotine.
"Ukulawulwa kwemikhiqizo ye-nicotine ehwamukile kanye ne-non-nicotine kuzoba yinzuzo emnothweni wethu ikakhulukazi kubalimi kanye nezisebenzi ezithembele embonini kagwayi futhi kuqondise amayunithi ohulumeni basekhaya ngesinyathelo esifanele sokuthatha le mikhiqizo ehwamukile," Kusho u-Ano.
UDelfin Lorenzana ongunobhala wezokuvikela waseka le mithetho wathi bayayimela "ukuthuthukisa indawo enempilo futhi uvikele izakhamuzi kunoma yiziphi izingozi ezingase zibangelwe ukubhema futhi uqinisekise ukuthi ukudayiswa kwezingane kanye nokuhweba okungekho emthethweni kwe-VNNP namadivayisi abo kuvinjelwa ngempumelelo".
Khonamanjalo kulandela ukushintsha kokuqapha ebuholini obuphezulu bezwe, iPhilTobacco Growers Association, Inc. emele abalimi bakagwayi baseNorther Luzon abangaphezu kuka-50,000 2.18 bathumele incwadi kumongameli omusha uFerdinand Marcos, Jr. icela ukuba kuphasiswe uMthethosivivinywa. Abalimi bananzelele ukuthi imikhiqizo eminengi etshiyeneyo ethengiswa elizweni ingeniswa elizweni ngendlela engekho emthethweni ngakho kayihlomuli uhulumende kumbe abakhi begwayi bendawo. Babalule imininingwane ye-DTI ekhombisa ukuthi imboni kagwayi ihlomulisa abalimi nabasebenzi ababalelwa ku-XNUMX million ezweni ngqo. Ngakho-ke, banomuzwa wokuthi ukuqhubeka nokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe komkhiqizo we-vaping kungase kubathuntubeze ngokwezomnotho.
