vaping phakathi kwentsha yaseNew Zealand kuye kwanda esikhathini esidlule. Manje uhulumeni usehlongoze inqwaba yezinyathelo zokusiza ukunqanda ukukhula kwe-vaping yentsha. UDkt Ayesha Verrall, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo Ohlangene uthe uhulumeni manje uqoqa impendulo kumalungu omphakathi mayelana neziphakamiso ezenziwe zokusiza ukunqanda ukuqhuma kwentsha ezweni. Uvumile ukuthi i-vaping iyasiza kwababhemayo abazama ukuyiyeka kodwa iyingozi entsheni ekhangwayo. Ngakho-ke ukholelwa ukuthi uhulumeni kufanele azame ukulinganisa ekuvikeleni intsha ukuze kungabi nomthelela omubi kwabanye abasebenzisi baka-e-cigarette.
Kakade uhulumeni waseNew Zealand usethathe izinyathelo ezimbalwa zokukhawulela ukufinyelela kwentsha emikhiqizweni yokuphefumula. Akukho emthethweni ezweni ukuthi abantu abadala badayise noma banikeze ugwayi we-elekthronikhi kulabo abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-18 ubudala.
Izinyathelo ezihlongozwayo zibandakanya ukuvimbela ukuthengiswa kwe-vaping izitolo kusukela ekubekwe eduze kwezikole nasezinkundleni zokudlala, ukwehlisa ukugcwala kukasawoti we-nicotine okuvunyelwe emikhiqizweni yokufufusa kuya ku-35mg/mL kusuka ku-50 mg/mL yamanje kanye nokwethulwa kwezidingo ezintsha zokuphepha okufanele yonke imikhiqizo yokufufusa ihlangabezane nazo. Lesi siphakamiso sifuna futhi ukuthi abakhiqizi basebenzise amagama ajwayelekile lapho bechaza ama-flavour kumaphakheji wemikhiqizo eshisayo.
Ungqongqoshe uthi uhulumeni ufuna impendulo kubo bobabili umphakathi kanye nabadlali bemboni ye-vaping ezweni. Uthi lokhu kubalulekile ukuze kwenziwe isiqiniseko sokuthi kufinyelelwa esinqumweni esifanele esizosiza ukuvikela izizukulwane ezizayo emiphumeleni eyingozi yemikhiqizo efufusa.
Kakade abaningi ababambiqhaza bayazamukela iziphakamiso ezintsha futhi bafuna okwengeziwe ukuba kwenziwe. Isibonelo, uthishanhloko wasekolishi iChris Theobald uMbhishobhi Viard ngenkathi emukela iziphakamiso ezintsha uthi bazosiza ukuxazulula inkinga ababhekana nayo nsuku zonke. Uthi njengothisha bayawubona umthelela we-vaping ezicini ezehlukene zempilo yabafundi. Ngakho-ke uthi ukushintsha ukulebula kwezinambitheka kumagama ajwayelekile kuzosiza kodwa akusona isixazululo. Imikhiqizo enambitheka kufanele ivinjelwe futhi isuswe ngokuphelele ku-supply chain.
U-Letitia Harding, isikhulu esiphezulu se-NZ Asthma and Respiratory Foundation naye wayejabule ngeziphakamiso kodwa ufuna ukugxiliswa kwe-nicotine okuphezulu kwehliswe ku-20 mg/mL esikhundleni sika-35 mg/mL njengoba kuhlongoziwe. Uthi lokhu kubalulekile ngoba i-nicotine iyalutha kakhulu futhi ukugxila kakhulu kwenza kube lula entsheni ukuba ibe imilutha yalesi sidakamizwa. UHarding ufuna futhi ukuthi uhulumeni abheke ukukhangisa kwe-vape esitolo kanye neqiniso esitolo lokho kuba lula izitolo namuhla zivunyelwe ukuthengisa imikhiqizo ye-vaping. Lokhu uthi kuheha izingane ezisakhula kule mikhiqizo futhi kunomthelela ekwandeni kwezigameko zokushona kwentsha kuleli.
Ngokuvamile, abantu abaningi banomuzwa wokuthi iziphakamiso ezintsha zizosiza uhulumeni kanye nabanye ababambiqhaza ukuthi bagcine imikhiqizo efuthayo ikude kubasebenzisi abasebancane. Kodwa-ke, abaningi banomuzwa wokuthi uhulumeni udinga ukwenza okwengeziwe ukwenza intsha yezwe iphephe ekubhemeni. Bathi uhulumeni udinga ukutshala imali eningi ekuqiniseni imithetho ye-vaping uma efuna ukunqoba impi yentsha ye-vaping ezweni.
