U-Khairy Jamaluddin ngoJulayi 8 ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ukugwetshwa komuntu ngamunye ne-vape noma ugwayi ngeke kube yingxenye yoMthethosivivinywa Wokulawulwa Kogwayi Nokubhema, ofuna ukwenqabela ukubhema ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
Ngokuvumelana nemizwa kangqongqoshe wezempilo, “amacala amancane,” okuhlanganisa ukusebenzisa noma ukuphatha ama-vapes noma ugwayi, ngeke aboshwe.
Ezinye izenzo zokujezisa zizohlala zingashintshile, yize kungekho mininingwane eyengeziwe okwabelwana ngayo mayelana nokuthi uhulumeni uhlela ukujezisa abantu abaneminyaka engu-18 noma ngaphansi abazotholakala befutha noma bebhema kusukela ngonyaka ozayo uma kwenzeka lo mthethosivivinywa uthola ukuhoxiswa kwabaningi futhi usetshenziswe 2023.
Kodwa-ke, ngokusho kukaKhairy, lo mthethosivivinywa uphakamisa ukugwetshwa “kwabenzi bomthetho abanzima” okuhlanganisa abantu ababamba iqhaza ekuhwebeni nasekusabalaliseni i-vape kanye nemikhiqizo kagwayi kubantu abazalwa kusukela ngo-1 January 2005.
U-Khairy wabelane nezintatheli ukuthi kulabo abathathwa njengabanecala elincane (abatholwe benecala lokutholakala nama-vapes noma ugwayi), ngeke bagwetshwe ejele. Nokho, ukuboshwa kuzosebenza kuphela kulabo abathathwa njengabanecala elinzima (okuhlanganisa nokuthengisa okungekho emthethweni). Kodwa-ke, uma kukhulunywa ngokuphathwa komuntu ngamunye, akukho mibandela yejele ezosebenza. U-Khairy ukusho lokhu ngesikhathi kwethulwa umbukiso weGenerations End Game Advocacy Road (Gegar Wanita) obuse-Universiti Putra eMalaysia.
UKhairy uthe lo Mthethosivivinywa uzokwethulwa phambi kwekhabhinethi ngesonto elizayo ngaphambi kokuthi wethulwe ePhalamende esikhathini esithile enyangeni.
Phakathi kwalokho okuzofakwa kuMthethosivivinywa obuyekeziwe yimikhiqizo ekhipha umoya kanye nogwayi we-elekthronikhi eduze kwemikhiqizo kagwayi evamile njengogwayi, uKhairy ebiza owangaphambili ngokuthi into “eyayingasalawuleki” ngoba yaqala ukusebenza eMalaysia eminyakeni engaba ngu-20 edlule.
“Yingakho sidinga umthetho othize ozolawula yonke imikhiqizo ebhenywayo. NgoMthethosivivinywa ohlongozwayo, singalawula, okokuqala ngqa, imboni kagwayi ye-vape noma ye-electronic,” kusho uKhairy.
Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi seludlulile, nokuthi sebevumele izinkampani ukuthi zidayisele abantu baseMalaysia imikhiqizo yazo amashumi eminyaka, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni nasebancane.
NgokukaKhairy, kungenzeka ukuthi kubekwe imithetho eqinile ekukhangiseni kukagwayi we-vape kanye nowe-electronic (kusetshenziswa uMthethosivivinywa). Futhi ukuthi kungenzeka futhi ukusebenzisa ukwengamela nokulawula izithako namakhemikhali ahilelekile uketshezi lwe-vape ezidayiswa kamuva entsheni.
UKhairy uthe ucwaningo luveze ukuthi uquqaba lukweseka ngokugcwele ukuvalwa kogwayi, ngisho nalabo ababhemayo njengamanje nalabo abazalwa ngo-2005 nangaphezulu.
U-Khairy uthe ukholelwa ukuthi akekho umuntu obhemayo ezweni ongafisa ukuthi izingane zabo zibe imilutha kagwayi, wathi lesi yisikhathi esifanele sokuvala ngokuphelele ukubhema phakathi. Osemncane abantu baseMalaysia.
Lo mcimbi uphinde wahlonishwa ngu-Rina Mohd Harun, uNgqongqoshe Wezabesifazane, Imindeni kanye Nokuthuthukiswa Komphakathi.
U-Gegar Wanita unikeze u-Rina no-Khairy indondo imemorandamu ukukhombisa ubumbano neziphakamiso zikahulumeni wobumbano zokuvala ukubhema.
Imemorandamu ikhuthaza zonke izishayamthetho ukuthi ziqinisekise ukuthi uMthethosivivinywa Wokulawulwa Kogwayi Nokubhema uyethulwa njengoba kunqunyiwe phakathi nenyanga nokuthi kufanele bawubuyise bawuphasise lo Mthethosivivinywa njengoba ungowokuhlenga izizukulwane ezizayo. Iphinde yathi i-Control of Tobacco Product Regulations 2004 (PPKHT) ayisasebenzi ekunqandeni ukubhema ezweni.
Amalungu e-Gegar Wanita ahlanganisa abamele i-PEMADAM, i-National Cancer Society of Malaysia (NCSM), I-Malaysian Women's Action for Tobacco Control and Health (MyWatch), IKRAM Health, i-Malaysian Green Lung Association, kanye ne-Malaysian Council for Child Welfare (MKKM) .
Kumelwe futhi izinhlangano zomphakathi ezingama-42, izinhlangano zochwepheshe nezokwelapha, kanye nabantu abahlanu.
