I-Trading Standards ixwayise ngokuthi abaningi kakhulu abangaphephile alahlwayo imikhiqizo yokuphefumula igcwele imakethe yase-UK. Ithimba lamazinga okuhweba liphinde lixwayise ngokuthi eminingi yale mikhiqizo iqondise izingane.
Nokho, ngokuhlanganyela ngokushesha, uMark Oates, umqondisi we-We Vape uxwayisa ngokuthi uhulumeni kudingeka ahwebe ngokucophelela njengoba ebeka engcupheni yokulahla ingane ngamanzi okugeza. Uthi imikhiqizo yomusi elawulwayo ibe nenzuzo enkulu emphakathini futhi akufanele ilahleke ngenxa yokuthi imikhiqizo ekhiqiza umusi engekho emthethweni iyangena emakethe.
Nokho, inkinga ayinakunakwa kalula. Ngesinye isikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-8,000 ezingekho emthethweni imikhiqizo yokuphefumula zithathwe koyedwa East Midlands' indawo. Lokhu kukhombisa ubukhulu benkinga.
U-Oates ugxekile inani eliphezulu lemikhiqizo ekhipha umhwamuko engekho emthethweni e-UK kodwa uthi idatha yesayensi njengaleyo enikezwe iqembu lesenzo se-Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ibonisa ukuthi isibalo sentsha esebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula sisabalulekile. Ukhomba u-0.5% wezingane ezineminyaka engu-11-17 ubudala kuleli ezike zasebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula. Uphinde waveza ukuthi i-vaping iphephe kakhudlwana kunokubhema kwiBritish Medical Association, Research UK kanye ne-NHS.
“Ukubhema ngemishini egunyaziwe kusiza abantu abangu-70,000 ngonyaka e-UK bayeke ugwayi, kanti ukubhema kuseyimbangela enkulu yokufa okungavinjelwa emhlabeni. Akufanele sikhohlwe ukuthi i-vaping iyinetha enkulu njengoba iphephe kakhulu kunokubhema,” engeza.
Ekhuluma ngemikhiqizo yokushunqisa engekho emthethweni, isikhulu esiphezulu sezinga lokuhweba soMkhandlu Wezwe we-Leicestershire u-Helen Donegan uyavuma ukuthi akulula ukwazi ukuthi yini ekule mikhiqizo engekho emthethweni.
“Babenza bathandeke kakhulu kubo Osemncane abantu - kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi bahogela into evinjelwe," engeza.
I-ejensi ye-Trading Standards ithi amathuluzi anokunambitheka okumnandi futhi anemibala yiwo aziwa kakhulu entsheni. Ngeshwa, eziningana izitolo badayisele le mikhiqizo engekho emthethweni kubo. Lokhu kukhuphule isibalo sentsha edotshwa yile mikhiqizo ngo-2022.
I-ejensi manje ithumela amaqembu njalo ukuze alandele futhi abambe le mikhiqizo yomgunyathi. Lokhu sekuholele ekutheni izinkulungwane zale mikhiqizo engalawulwayo ithathwe kubathengisi. Yize lokhu kade kwenzeka isibalo sentsha esebenzisa le mikhiqizo silokhu sikhula. Ngokwemininingwane eshicilelwe ngabakwa-ASH, cishe u-1/3 wezingane ezineminyaka engu-17 no-16 ubudala kuleli zike zasebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula.
Le datha ephazamisayo ithole abaningi kuhulumeni ukuthi bacabange kabusha le nkinga. Ngo-Ephreli, iPhini likaSihlalo we-All Party Parliamentary Group for Vaping Tory u-Adam Afriyie wakhipha isexwayiso emabhizinisini ngokumaketha ama-vape ezinganeni ezisencane.
"I-Vaping isindise izinkulungwane zezimpilo futhi yasiza izigidi zabantu ababhemayo ukuba bayeke, ngakho kuyashaqisa ukuthi abalingisi ababi bazama ukuphushela le mikhiqizo ezinganeni," esho.
Abaningi kuhulumeni kanye namaqembu abameli bayavuma ukuthi i-vaping ibe usizo kakhulu ekusizeni ababhemayo abayimilutha ukuba bayeke. Bayavuma futhi ukuthi kuyadingeka ukuqiniswa kwemithetho ukuze kwelashwe inkinga.
