UHulumeni uMike Dunleavy wase-Alaska uvimbe ucezu lwe umthetho okuhlanganisa ne-vaping tax ngesonto eledlule ebingakhuphula iminyaka yokuthenga ugwayi kuhulumeni isuka ku-19 iye kwengama-21 kanye nokufaka intela ye-e-cigarette kuhulumeni wonke ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi ibiza kakhulu.
Umbusi uyakwazi kuphela ukwenqabela amanani emali athile ezinyathelweni ezenza ukwabiwa kwezimali noma zonke izingxenye zomthetho; akakwazi ukuphikisa izinhlinzeko zenqubomgomo ezivela emthethweni osewamukelwe yisiShayamthetho. Ukukhuphuka kweminyaka kagwayi kanye nentela entsha yokuphefumula ayikwazanga ukuhlukaniswa, ngakho-ke uDunleavy waphoqeleka ukuthi aphikise yonke iphakheji, wabhala encwadini ethethelela i-veto yakhe yokuqala yomthethosivivinywa eminyakeni emithathu.
Umthethosivivinywa weSigele wama-45 wawuxhaswe nguSeninkulu uGary Stevens, waseRiphabhulikhi wase-Kodiak, ukwenqabela intsha ekusebenziseni ugwayi ovamile noma ugwayi electronic. Umthetho ugunyazwe ngokwesekwa okukhulu ngazwilinye ngosuku lokugcina olushubile lweseshini yephalamende, 31-9 eNdlu kanye no-18-2 eSenate.
Abafundi abayizigidi ezi-2 basesikoleni esiphakathi nesesekondari e-United States babike ukuthi basebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ezinsukwini ezingama-30 ezedlule, ngokusho ku-US Food and Drug Administration, okubenza babe “ukukhathazeka okuqhubekayo.” Ku isifundo eyashicilelwa ngo-2020, udokotela ohlinzayo jikelele wase-US wathi ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka ukuze kuhlolwe ukuthi ngabe i-e-cigarettes isiza ababhemayo ekuyekeni. I-FDA ayizange igunyaze i-vaping njengendlela yokuyeka ukubhema.
Izinga lentela yesamba somthethosivivinywa lixazululwe ku-35% ngemuva kwezinkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nesilinganiso sawo eCapitol yombuso; lokhu kungaphansi kwengxenye yesilinganiso sentela kahulumeni kweminye imikhiqizo eminingi kagwayi. Phambilini, uMnyango Wezezimali wase-Alaska wawulinganisele ukuthi intela engu-25% kugwayi we-elekthronikhi izongenisa imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.2 zamaRandi ngonyaka kuhulumeni.
UStevens uthe uDunleavy wamxwayisa kusengaphambili ukuthi umbusi uzowuvala umthethosivivinywa uma izinga lentela yokuphefumula lidlula u-25%. Abaphathi bombusi bavumile ukuthi yisona sizathu uDunleavy asichithile.
Umkhiqizi ohamba phambili kagwayi we-elekthronikhi uJuul Labs ujoyine izinhlangano ezihweba nge-vaping ekugxekeni intela ehlongozwayo yezwe lonke, ethi izokhuthaza abathengi be-nicotine ukuthi basebenzise imikhiqizo kagwayi eyingozi kakhulu. Ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, omele imboni ye-vaping usishayele ihlombe isinqumo sikaDunleavy sokungayikhokhi intela.
Umthethosivivinywa, owethule ngempumelelo izinga lentela lama-35%, wenziwa omele iDemocratic Representative u-Andy Josephson wase-Anchorage. Ukukhethwa kukaDunleavy kwammangaza.
NgoLwesihlanu, uJosephson uthe, “Ngimangele. "Ngikholwa ukuthi kufanele siyiqede leyo veto."
Ukuze kuchithwe i-veto yombusi yomthetho, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zezishayamthetho kufanele zivote ngokuvumelana phakathi kwezinsuku ezinhlanu zomhlangano wazo wokuqala. Nokho, ukuze senze lokho, isiShayamthetho kuzodingeka sibize ukuhlangana okukhethekile njengoba umhlangano waso wesibili ojwayelekile usuphelile.
I-veto ingase iphumele ekulahlekeni kwezimali zikahulumeni: UMnyango Wezempilo wezwe ubika ukuthi ukuhlolwa kokuthobela iminyaka kagwayi okudingekayo kukahulumeni kuzoqala ngoJanuwari 1. Umbuso ungase ulahlekelwe yizibonelelo zokuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezidakamizwa uma kutholakala ukuthi ngaphezu kuka-20% wendawo. izitolo abalandeli imfuneko yenhlangano. Lokho kungafinyelela ku-10% wesabelomali se-Alaska sika-$6.4 wezigidi kulo nyaka wezimali wamanje.
Njengoba kushiwo uClinton Bennett, ummeleli woMnyango Wezempilo, “Ngaphansi komthetho wase-Alaska, umbuso awudingeki ngokomthetho ukuthi uphoqelele imfuneko yeminyaka ephansi yenhlangano, kodwa abathengisi kufanele bathobele iminyaka esemthethweni esemthethweni ukuze bathenge ugwayi nemikhiqizo ye-nicotine. ” Umbuso uzoqhubeka nokwazisa amabhizinisi mayelana nokuguqulwa kwemikhawulo yeminyaka yenhlangano.
