Ngomhla zingama-26 kuNhlolanja, i-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yamemezela ukufaka izikhalazo zayo ngezinhlawulo zemali yomphakathi (CMPs) ngokumelene nabathengisi abangama-20 abathengisa izitini nodaka abatholakala bethengisa ngokungagunyaziwe. I-Elf Bar ama-vapes.
Ngaphandle kwezincwadi eziyisixwayiso zangaphambili ezikhishwe yi-FDA mayelana nokuthengiswa kwama-vapes angagunyaziwe, ukuhlolwa okwalandela kwembula ukwephulwa okuqhubekayo phakathi kwalaba bathengisi. Ngenxa yalokho, i-ejensi iphishekela inani eliphakeme lenhlawulo engu-$20,678 ngokuphulwa ngakunye okuvela kubathengisi abathintekayo.
Lesi senzo sakamuva sengeza emizamweni eqhubekayo ye-FDA, nezikhalo ezingaphezu kwe-100 ze-CMP ezifakwe kubathengisi ngokudayiswa okungekho emthethweni. I-Elf Bar ama-vapes. Idatha igcizelela ukuthandwa kwale mikhiqizo entsheni, njengoba kuqokonyiswe yi-National Youth Tobacco Survey yango-2023. I-Elf Bar kuvele njengophawu olusetshenziswa kakhulu phakathi kwabasebenzisi abasha base-US abasebenzisa i-vape, futhi ngaphezu kwesigamu sabafundi basesikoleni esiphakathi nesesekondari ababike ukusetshenziswa kwayo ezinsukwini ezingama-30 ezedlule.
UBrian King, umqondisi we-FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, ukugxekile ukuphikelela kwabathengisi ukungahambisani nomthetho, wathi, “Ukwehluleka kwabo ukuqhubeka nokuhambisana nomthetho akunakuthethelelwa, futhi njengoba kufakazelwa izenzo zanamuhla, sizimisele ukubabamba. unesibopho ngakho.”
Kusukela ngo-February 15, the FDA ikhiphe izincwadi eziyisixwayiso ezingaphezu kuka-440 futhi yaqala izinyathelo eziyi-100 ze-CMP ngokumelene nabathengisi abahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa izitini nodaka kanye nezikhungo ze-inthanethi, zokuthengisa okungagunyaziwe kwemikhiqizo kagwayi. Ukwengeza, i-FDA ikhiphe izincwadi eziyisixwayiso ezingaphezu kuka-660 eziya kubakhiqizi, abangenisi, nabasabalalisi ngokuthengisa ngokungemthetho kanye/noma nokusabalalisa imikhiqizo emisha kagwayi engagunyaziwe, okuhlanganisa nama-vapes.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, le nhlangano ithathele izinyathelo zomthetho izinkampani zikagwayi ezingama-50 ngokukhiqiza imikhiqizo engagunyaziwe futhi yafuna nemiyalelo, ngokubambisana noMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US, ngokumelene nabakhiqizi abayisikhombisa bemikhiqizo ye-vape engagunyaziwe.
