Ikhono le-Thailand lokulawula ukufufusa kwentsha e-Thailand lizothuthuka ngokugunyazwa nokulawulwa kokushushuluza. U-Asa Saligupta, uMqondisi we-ECST (ENDS Cigarette Smoke Thailand), uthi ukwenqatshelwa okuqhubekayo kwenza izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu.
Amazwi akhe afana nezimangalo ezedlule ezenziwe nguNgqongqoshe Wezempilo Yomphakathi u-Anutin Charnvirakul lokho kugcinwa Ukuvinjelwa kwe-vaping yaseThailand endaweni izovikela izingane.
Ngokombono kaMnu. Saligupta, “ukuguqukela ekubeni yisenzo sobugebengu kumane kukhulisa ukukhanga kwakho Osemncane abantu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaphandle kokuqondisa kukahulumeni, imakethe emnyama ingachuma ngaphandle kwezidingo zokuphepha zomkhiqizo. Ukuvinjelwa kwe-vaping akusona isixazululo futhi akusona isikhathi esimeme.
Umqondisi we-ECST usenethemba lokuthi imikhiqizo ye-nicotine ephephile izolawulwa, ikakhulukazi ngoba umthetho osalungiswa uyatholakala ephalamende laseThailand. Ngokusho kwakhe, iningi labavoti kanye nomphakathi jikelele basakweseka ukuqedwa kokuvalwa kwezwe okungaphumelelanga.
UNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho Wedijithali kanye Nomphakathi u-Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, abaphathi, kanye nochwepheshe bezempilo yomphakathi bonke bazi kahle ukuthi yini okufanele yenziwe ukulwa nobhubhane lokubhema eThailand, ngokusho kwe-ECST, naphezu kwezinkulumo zakamuva ezenziwe nguNgqongqoshe Wezempilo Yomphakathi.
Uthi: “Abagqugquzeli bokunciphisa ubungozi bukagwayi (THR) bazoqhubeka nokusebenza buthule ngemuva kwezigcawu. Umthetho ungathuthukisa ukuphepha kwabathengi, ukhuthaze ababhemayo abengeziwe ukuba bayeke ugwayi oyingozi, futhi uqinisekise ukuthi sinokulawula kangcono ukufutha kwentsha ngokushisa okuphezulu. ukuthenga ubudala. "
Ngokudabukisayo, ngokusho kukaMnu. Saligupta, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo Yomphakathi uye waba ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu evela emaqenjini afana neThai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth). Kodwa-ke, i-ECST icabanga ukuthi maningi amathuba okuthi umthethosivivinywa omile wokukhipha umusi uzodlula ngesikhathi sokhetho lukazwelonke okulindeleke ukuthi luhambe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
“Balinganiselwa ku-50,000 abantu baseThailand ababhubhayo ngenxa yokubhema unyaka ngamunye. Imikhawulo eqinile emishinini yokuphefumula e-Thailand izokwandisa kuphela inani lezifo kanye nokufa kusenesikhathi okubangelwa ukubhema. Kuyahlanya ukuthi manje sekunokwesekwa okukhulu eThailand ngokusemthethweni kanye nokulawula i-vaping,” usho kanje.
Ngaphandle komkhankaso we-World Health Organization (WHO) wokunqanda ukufutheka, cishe amazwe angama-70 manje asebenzise izinhlaka zomthetho zemikhiqizo ye-nicotine ephephile, okuholela ekwehleni okukhulu kwenani lazo lokubhema.
“Sicela kuphela ukuthi iThailand yenze ngokuhambisana nobufakazi. Ngeshwa, isizwe sethu siyaqhubeka nokulandela izeluleko ze-WHO ezingahlonishwa ngokuphelele, okusibeka phakathi kweqembu elincane lezizwe. Empeleni, i-vaping iphephe kakhulu kunokubhema ugwayi futhi iyindlela ephumelela kakhulu esinayo yokusiza abantu bayeke ukubhema. Ngamafuphi nje, i-vaping isindise impilo yami njengomuntu owayekade ebhema. Sesidlulile isikhathi sokuthi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi utholakale ngokusemthethweni nangokuzibophezela,” kusho uSaligupta.
I-ECST ingeye-CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). Ngokusho kwe-CAPHRA, i-Asia Pacific yenza intuthuko enkulu ekucekeleni phansi ugwayi nasekusizeni ababhemayo ukuba bashintshele emikhiqizweni enempilo ye-nicotine.
“Ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe, ukukhiqizwa, ukuthengiswa, kanye nokumaketha kwezimpahla ezishisayo manje sekungaphansi komthetho ePhilippines, osanda kususa ukuvinjelwa kwawo lo mkhuba. Ubuningi bedatha yesayensi nokuzinikela kwabasekeli be-THR abafana ne-ECST kuzosiza iThailand ifike lapho,” ngokusho kukaNancy Loucas, Umxhumanisi Omkhulu we-CAPHRA.
Bangaphezu kuka-10,000 abantu asebesayine isicelo se-Right2Switch abafuna i-WHO ihloniphe amalungelo abathengi futhi bayeke ukusabalalisa ulwazi olungelona iqiniso mayelana ne-vaping.
Ngobufakazi obucishe bube ngu-15,000, i-CAPHRA ikhuthaza abantu abayeke ukubhema ngokusebenzisa izinto ezingafakwa esikhundleni se-nicotine ukuze babelane nabanye ngolwazi lwabo.
