I-Wall Street Journal ibika ukuthi i-FDA ilungiselela ukuyibeka ukuvinjelwa kwemikhiqizo ye-vape yakwaJuul ngenkathi ikhipha imikhiqizo ekhona yeJuul Labs emakethe. Kodwa-ke, leli phephabhuku liphinde lithi ngemva kokubuyekeza isicelo sikaJuul sokuvunyelwa ukuqhubeka nokuthengisa imikhiqizo enambitheka okungenazithelo, ama-e-cigarettes avela kuJuul asengavinjelwa ngalolu Lwesithathu.
Amakhulu ezinkampani ezinjengoJuul athumele izicelo zokumaketha ku-FDA ukuze ibuyekezwe njengoba amaqembu amelene nogwayi eyicela ukuthi yenze umkhankaso wokulwa nemikhiqizo ekhuthaza ukufutha. Olunye uhlangothi lwesithombe, nokho, lukhombisa ukugqugquzelwa kwemikhiqizo njengoba kukholakala ukuthi iyakwazi ukuvumela ababhemayo ukuthi bazijwayeze ukuphila ngaphandle kokubhema. Futhi lokhu kuvinjelwa kwemikhiqizo ye-vape yakwaJuul bekungeke kuhambisane nalokhu kungenzeka.
Ngokusho kokhulumela i-FDA, uJuul ubengazi ngesinqumo esenziwe yile nhlangano ngesicelo sabo. UJuul naye akazange aphawule ngalo mbiko ngaso leso sikhathi.
Eminyakeni emibili emuva, ngo-2020, zonke izinkampani ezihlobene ne-vaping kanye ne-e-cigarettes zacelwa ukuba zithumele izicelo zokuqhubeka nokumaketha zemikhiqizo yazo yi-FDA. Iphinde yabakhipha i-mint kanye namajusi e-pod anephunga elimnandi emikhiqizweni evunyelwe esetshenziswa emikhiqizweni eshisayo kanye nogwayi we-elekthronikhi. Ngokumangalisayo, imikhiqizo enogwayi ne-menthol flavour ayizange ivinjelwe.
I-FDA iphinde yakhipha ukuvinjelwa okukhulu ngoSepthemba emikhiqizweni ye-vape, okuhlanganisa nogwayi we-e, kuyilapho kungekho ukuvinjelwa kwe-Juul vape. Ngokusho - umsizi kazwelonke oyiphini likamongameli wezokumela i-American Lung Association - u-Erika Sward, ukuvinjelwa kwe-FDA kwemikhiqizo ehlobene ne-vape kaJuul, ikakhulukazi imikhiqizo kagwayi kanye ne-menthol-flavour, bekulindeleke isikhathi eside.
Uqhube wathi uJuul ubukeka engeyona inkampani ekhathalela impilo yezingane; ngakho-ke, imikhiqizo yabo akufanele ivunyelwe ukuthi itholakale emphakathini.
U-Theodore Wagener ukholelwa ukuthi abalawuli kwa-FDA kungenzeka banqume ukuthi imikhiqizo kaJuul isakhanga intsha, engahambisani nemfuneko yesicelo sokumaketha. UWagener ungumholi osebenzisana naye e-Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center oHlelweni Lokulawula Umdlavuza kuyilapho esebenza njengomqondisi osebenzayo weSikhungo Sokucwaninga Ngogwayi.
Izinga lentsha engaphansi kweminyaka ebandakanyeka ekushiseni liyehla ngemva kokuthinta iziqongo eziphakeme kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Ngo-2020, u-19.6% wabafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme babejwayele ukuvapa, kwathi u-11% ngo-2021, kusho iNational Youth Tobacco Survey. Futhi uWagener ukholelwa ukuthi ukwehla kuzoqhubeka.
Ngokusekelwe ekuzibandakanyeni kwakhe ocwaningweni oluqhubekayo mayelana nendlela ababhemayo ababona ngayo indima ye-vaping ekubasizeni bayeke ukubhema kuyilapho beshintshela ku-e-cigarettes nezinye izindlela zokwelapha ezinjalo zokuthatha indawo ye-nicotine.
Ukholelwa ukuthi amabhizinisi afana nokuvinjelwa kwemikhiqizo ye-vape yakwaJuul kanye neminye imikhawulo kungase kuxoshe abantu abadala ababhemayo ekubeni bayeke ukubhema i-e-smoking. Lokhu kuzonciphisa nakanjani inani labantu abayeka ngempumelelo ukubhema ngokushintshela ku-e-cigarettes abane-nicotine encane noma abangenayo futhi baneliseke kakhulu ngoshintsho.
Ukusungulwa Kwenkampani Ye-Nicotine Salts Kwehle Kwasendaweni
Ukusungulwa kwe-Nic-salt, okulethe ukushaya komphimbo okuqinile nokumuncwa kwe-nicotine ngokushesha, kwaba yikhadi lecilongo lokuziqhenya lika-JUUL. Kunezinhlangothi ezimbili kulo lonke uhlamvu lwemali, futhi le mikhiqizo idale ukukhathazeka kwe-FDA mayelana nobhubhane lwe-e-cigarette phakathi kwezingane.
Yize iJUUL isenalo ithuba lokuqulisa amacala kodwa kunqatshiwe kokubili ugwayi nementhol, nokuyinto eshaqisayo ngempela enkosini yogwayi kagwayi ukuthi igcine inje, okumele idabulise abantu.
Ayikwazi ukuthengiswa emakethe yase-US i-JUUL, lapho ungaya khona?
Ihoxile eYurophu, e-Asia nakwamanye amazwe ukuze igxile emakethe yase-US, yamisa zonke izinhlobo zokukhangisa, ikhokha zonke izinhlobo zenhlawulo, iyeka ukuthengisa ama-flavour ezithelo, okungasizi namanje.
Ukuhamba kokuqala komsunguli kubonakala sengathi kuzophela ukuphela kwe-JUUL, futhi ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-OCHA engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingu-12 zamaRandi kubukeka sengathi kwehlile.
Ingabe ukususwa kuka-JUUL emakethe yase-US kuzonikeza izimbangi zakhe amathuba amasha, afana ne-NJOY kanye ne-VUSE, eseyiphumelele kakade i-PMTA? Nakuba ifomu lomkhiqizo elidlule lihlehlisiwe, phela, hlala emakethe, i-JUUL okwamanje alikho ithuba lokuncintisana nabo.
Sekushiwo lokho, iVUSE yeBritish American Tobacco akufanele ijabule kakhulu, mhlawumbe isicelo seVUSE Alto naso sizoba nolaka.
