Ngokusho kwe-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (MVCC), izinga lentela ye-vape enyusiwe njengamanje lidinga ukubhekwa futhi lihlukaniswe nentela ekhokhiswa ugwayi kagwayi.
Muva nje, uhulumeni wasekhaya umemezele ukunyuka kwama-200%. intela ye-vape lokho kusetshenziswe ku-RM1.20 kuyo yonke imililitha (ml) oketshezini lwe-elekthronikhi oluqukethe i-nicotine kanye nalabo abangenayo. Umbono weningi lababambe iqhaza embonini, ikakhulukazi, abakhiqizi ukuthi intela inkulu kakhulu futhi izoba nomthelela omkhulu kubo. Lokhu kuzobe sekushaye kakhulu abathengi njengoba amanani kuzomele enyuke.
Ngokuka-Ashraf Rozali, inhloko yezolwazi kwa-MVCC, abakhiqizi abanayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokwenyusa amanani entengo yomkhiqizo njengoba amanani entela amasha alingana namanani entengo amanje emikhiqizo ye-vape. Isibonelo, intela engu-RM36 izokhokhiswa njalo ngo-30ml i-e-liquid ibhodlela. Ngokulandela izinga, i-vape ama-e-liquids izodayisa cishe ngokuphindwe kabili inani lamanje ngebhodlela ngalinye elingu-30ml.
U-Rozali uqhubeke nokubeka ukuthi nakuba imboni ihambisana nemithetho efanelekile ku-vape, kufanele kube nomehluko phakathi kwayo nemikhiqizo kagwayi. Nakulokhu, wengeza ngokuthi abadlali bezimboni njengabakhiqizi, abathengisi, kanye nabathengi bokugcina, kufanele baphakamise amazwi abo futhi babambe iqhaza kulolu hlelo.
U-Rozali uziphindiselele ngokuthi sase silungile isikhathi sokuba amalungu emboni, okuhlanganisa abathengi nabakhiqizi, babonise ukweseka kwabo futhi babambe iqhaza emizamweni yabo ehloselwe ukumelela imboni ye-vape, ikakhulukazi ezinyathelweni zokweseka imithethonqubo kanye nentela. “Siyazi ukuthi abantu abaningi bayathandabuza uma bekhombisa ukweseka imboni. Kodwa-ke, kufanele sibonge iqhaza lemboni, equkethe izinkulungwane zabanikazi be-Bumiputera futhi ezuza izigidi zama-ringgit ngonyaka. Isikhathi sesilungile sokuthi sivele sigweme ukucasha,” kusho uRozali.
Umbiko othi "Imibono Nemibono YaseMalaysian Mayelana Ne-Vape".
Ngokusho kwedatha ka-2021, amaphesenti angama-80 abantu baseMalaysia, asekela ukulawulwa kwemboni yendawo ye-vape nguhulumeni. I-Malaysian Vape Chamber of Commerce (MVCC), ekuqaleni konyaka, yayicele abaphathi baseMalaysia ukuthi beze nemithethonqubo edingekayo ama-e-liquids equkethe i-nicotine. Uthe lesi sinyathelo sizoba nomthelela omuhle emnothweni wakuleli njengoba kuzodala amathuba emisebenzi engeziwe futhi kuhehe abatshalizimali bangaphandle (FDI).
Ngokusho kwe-MVCC, ngesikhathi kwethulwa umbiko we-Malaysian Vaping Industry, imiphumela yombiko iveze ukuthi amabhizinisi angaphezu kuka-3,300 axhunywe embonini ye-vape ngandlela thile, aqashe abantu abangaphezu kuka-15,000.
USyed Azaudin Syed Ahmad, umongameli we-MVCC, uthe imiphumela yombiko ikhombisa ukuthi imboni inamandla okusebenza futhi umkhakha okhulayo eMalaysia, wengeza ngokuthi kusheshise ukukhula kosomabhizinisi bakuleli. "Ngaphezu kwalokho, imboni ye-vape yaseMalaysia manje isinohlelo lwemvelo oluqinile oluhlanganisa abakhiqizi, abathengisi, abangenisa kwamanye amazwe, kanye nenethiwekhi ekhulayo yezokuthutha nokusabalalisa," esho.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umbiko othi “Malaysian Insight and Perspectives on Vape” wabonisa ukuthi umbono womphakathi wawufana. Ucwaningo olwenziwe yiMalaysian Vape Industry Advocacy (MVIA) luveze ukuthi amaphesenti angama-76 alabo ababa yingxenye bakholelwa ukuthi imithetho ye-vape izozuzisa umnotho wendawo.
