NgoMsombuluko umkhandlu waseColumbus City uvotele ukugunyaza ukuvinjelwa kokuthengiswa kwe ugwayi onephunga elimnandi kanye nemikhiqizo eshisayo. Lokhu kuvinjelwa kwengeza uColumbus ohlwini oluncane lwamadolobha amakhulu e-United States athathe isinyathelo sesibindi sokuvimbela ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo yokulethwa kwe-nicotine enongiwe ngaphakathi kwemingcele yawo. Ukuvinjelwa kokunambitheka kweColumbus kuvotelwe ngazwi linye yiwo wonke amalungu omkhandlu ayisikhombisa abeseka lesi sinyathelo. Lokhu kwenzeke naphezu kokuphikiswa okunamandla nokunamandla kokuvinjelwa okwenziwa abasabalalisi bemikhiqizo eshisayo nabahlinzeki bempahla ngaphakathi kwedolobha.
Umthetho wokuvimbela ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo kagwayi enongiwe e-Columbus Ohio manje ulindele ukugunyazwa kweMeya u-Andrew Ginther. Imeya isivele ikhombisile ukukweseka ukuvinjelwa futhi kungenzeka isisayine ezinsukwini ezizayo. Uma sigunyazwa lo mthetho uzoqala ukusebenza ngomhla ka-1 Januwari 2024. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abahlinzeki be-vaping edolobheni banezinyanga eziyi-12 ncamashi zokususa noma yisiphi isitokwe semikhiqizo ephunga elimnandi ngaphambi kokuthengisa le mikhiqizo edolobheni elikhulu laseColumbus kuba yicala.
Lo mthetho uvimbela ukudayiswa kwemikhiqizo kagwayi enambitheka ngaphakathi kwemingcele yedolobha. Lokhu ukuvinjelwa kwengubo okusebenza kuyo yonke imikhiqizo yokufutha nge-nicotine noma ngaphandle kwayo. Kuphinde kufake izinto ezinongiwe ezinobungozi obuphansi njengezikhwama ze-snus ne-nicotine. Lo mthetho uphinde unqabele zonke izinhlobo zemikhiqizo kagwayi enambitheka okuhlanganisa nogwayi we-menthol. Kodwa-ke, izakhamizi ezithanda ukujabulela imikhiqizo yazo kagwayi enongiwe ngaphakathi kwamabha anelayisensi ye-hookah zihlukile ekusebenziseni ugwayi we-hookah ngaphakathi kwalawo mabha kuphela.
Ukuphasiswa kwalo mthetho kuwumsebenzi weCoalition to End Tobacco Targeting, okuyiqembu ebelisebenzela ukuvimbela izifo ezingelapheki ngokuqeda umlutha kagwayi. I-Coalition to End Tobacco ingalo enxenxa Umkhankaso Wezingane Ezingenayo Ugwayi. Inhlangano Yezingane Ezingenayo Ugwayi isebenza kuwo wonke amadolobha amaningi ezweni lonke ifuna ukuvimbela ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo kagwayi enongiwe. Lena indawo ebaluleke kakhulu enhlanganweni njengoba izingane kanye nentsha bekhangwa kakhulu i-vaping nogwayi ngenxa yezinambitheka eziningi ezithokozisayo le mikhiqizo eyenziwe ngayo. Ngokufuna ukuthi imikhiqizo kagwayi enephunga elimnandi ivinjelwe inhlangano inethemba lokusindisa izingane eziningi nentsha ekuzameni njalo le mikhiqizo.
Ngokuvamile, ukuze kuvinjwe imikhiqizo kagwayi onephunga elimnandi inhlangano ibeka amasu okuqhuba inqubo kusukela ekuqaleni kuya ekugcineni. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukusetha i-ajenda, ukucwaninga nokushicilela amaqiniso ezingozini zokuphefumula kanye nokukhuthaza abantu bendawo ukuthi bafunde kabanzi mayelana nezingozi zemikhiqizo kagwayi. Ukwenza lokhu kusebenza ngokubambisana namaqembu omphakathi wendawo, abezindaba zendawo, iminyango yezempilo yedolobha, kanye nezikole zendawo namasonto. Lokhu kusiza ukwakha ithimba eliqinile lamanxusa afuna ukuqeda inkinga evamile ebhekene nomphakathi wonkana.
I-Columbus inabantu abangaphezu kuka-900,000. Lokhu kuyenza idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke e-Ohio. Kuphinde kube inhloko-dolobha yombuso futhi kuyikhaya lezinkampani eziyisi-6 ze-Fortune 500 kanye nenyuvesi yesifunda sase-Ohio. Ukuvinjelwa kokuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo kagwayi enothosiwe edolobheni ngakho-ke kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile sokwenza imikhiqizo ivinjelwe kwamanye amadolobha ezifundazweni nakuzo zonke izifunda zombuso.
