I-England ibe yizwe lokuqala emhlabeni eligunyaza incwadi kadokotela ye-e-cigarette.
Ekupheleni isiqondiso esibuyekeziwe eshicilelwe yi-UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), izwe manje selivumela odokotela ukuba banikeze ugwayi we-elekthronikhi njengemithi yokusiza ababhemayo ukuba bayeke.
Abakhiqizi be-Vape manje sebengakwazi ukuhambisa imikhiqizo yabo kwa-NHS, uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lomphakathi wezwe, ukuze badlule enqubweni yokugunyazwa efanayo nayo yonke imikhiqizo yezokwelapha. Ngemuva kokuthi i-e-cigarette iphumelele isibuyekezo se-NHS, izowela esigabeni somuthi onelayisensi. Khona-ke odokotela banganquma ukuthi bayisebenzise yini emibhalweni yabo ngokusekelwe ekuxilongweni kwabo kwecala ngalinye.
Background
I-MHRA ibuyekeze isiqondiso ngemva kwengxoxo ejulile ne-E-Cigarette Expert Working Group, ehlanganisa iqembu lochwepheshe abanemininingwane yokuhlobana phakathi kwemikhiqizo ye-vape nempilo yomphakathi.
U-Deborah Arnott, ilungu leqembu elisebenzayo kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we AHS, wabonisa ukuthi “umthengi kagwayi othengwa ekhawuntani kufakazelwa ukuthi uwusizo oluphumelela kakhulu lokuyeka, kodwa cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yababhemayo ayikaze izame, futhi ingxenye efanayo ikholelwa, ngokungeyikho, ukuthi ugwayi we-e-cigarette ufana, noma ngaphezulu. okuyingozi, kunokubhema.”
Isenzo mayelana Nokubhema Nezempilo (ASH) iyinhlangano esiza umphakathi ekhankaselayo esebenzela ukuqeda umonakalo odalwa ugwayi.
Ukubhema kusalokhu kusezingeni eliphezulu kuzo zonke izimbangela ezingavinjelwa zokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Nakuba izinga lokubhema liye laqhubeka lehla eminyakeni yamuva nje eBrithani, bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-6.1 abantu abasabhema. I-ejensi yezempilo inethemba lokunxenxa abantu abaningi ababhemayo ukuba bayeke ngosizo lwama-vapes, ngokubanikeza isiqinisekiso sokuthi i-e-cigarette umuthi onelayisensi.
Izinzuzo Zomnyakazo Omusha we-MHRA
Isiqondiso esibuyekeziwe singase futhi sidlale indima enhle ekubumbeni okufaneke kakhudlwana imakethe ye-vape e-UK. Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba i-e-cigarette itholakale ekubhalweni kadokotela, umkhiqizo usuvele waba usizo olusetshenziswa kakhulu ekuyekeni ukubhema. Iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye edlule ibone ukwanda okukhulu kwenani labasebenzisi bakagwayi base-UK, kusukela cishe 700,000 ngo-2012 kuya ku-3.6 million ngo-2021.
NgokoMnyango Wezempilo Nokunakekelwa Komphakathi, "ugwayi we-elekthronikhi onelayisensi yokwelapha kuzodingeka uhlole ukuphepha okuqinile nakakhulu." Ukuze uthole ilayisense kubalawuli bezempilo, imikhiqizo ye-vaping kufanele ihlangabezane nawo wonke amazinga abawabekile. Ngakho-ke, njengoba abathengi bazoba nokuthambekela okuphezulu buy imikhiqizo enelayisense, leyo imikhiqizo engaphansi kwezinga izogcina isuliwe emakethe ngenxa yokwehla kwesidingo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Njengoba nje u-Sajid Javid, uNobhala Wezwe waseBrithani Wezempilo Nezenhlalakahle, eshilo, "Ukuvula umnyango we-e-cigarette onelayisensi ebekwe ku-NHS kunamandla okubhekana nokungafani okukhulu kwamazinga okubhema ezweni lonke, ukusiza abantu ukuba bayeke. ababhemayo nomaphi lapho behlala khona nanoma isiphi isizinda sabo.”
