Ngenkathi i-UK ivula umnyango wemikhiqizo ye-e-cigarette faka isicelo samalayisensi ezokwelapha ezinyangeni ezedlule, lihlelelwe ukuba yizwe lokuqala ukuvumela ukugunyazwa komkhiqizo we-vaping. Amafemu amaningana e-vape, ngokwe-Financial Times, akulungele ukuhambisa imikhiqizo yawo kwa-NHS ukuze alwele ukugunyazwa.
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Ama-Vape anelayisensi yezokwelapha e-UK
I-NJOY, i-US ehamba phambili umkhiqizi we-vape, usengene ezinhlwini. Cishe ngesabelo esingu-4% ku-5bn-dollar yase-US imakethe ye-vape, le nkampani ibonakala ifuna amanye amathuba phesheya. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, i-UK ifika lapho. Izwe manje ikhaya lama-vaper acishe abe yizigidi ezi-2.7, ngenani elilinganiselwe lemakethe ngaphezulu kwe-£2bn (cishe u-$2.7bn), idlula noma iyiphi enye imakethe yaseYurophu. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umzamo we-NJOY wokunikeza ilayisense imikhiqizo yayo ungahle usize ekudwebeni indlela emakethe yase-UK enenzuzo.
Ngaphezu kwe-NJOY, i-FT ibike, ezinye izinkampani ezihlose ukuthola ilayisense zihlanganisa i-DSL Group, inkampani engumzali ye-Multivape, i-Yatzz ezinze e-Ireland kanye i-e-liquid umhlinzeki Superdragon.
U-Deborah Arnott uchwepheshe wokulawula ugwayi osebenze ne-UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ukuze aphushe isinyathelo sokulawula ugwayi we-elekthronikhi njengeminye imithi. Ugcizelele ukuthi ukushintsha kwenqubomgomo kuzoba yikhambi lempilo yonke yababhemayo base-UK. I-Vaping ayinazo ubungozi kodwa okungenani eyingozi kakhulu kunogwayi. Uthe “amaphesenti angama-30 abantu ababhemayo abakaze bazame ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ngaphambilini” futhi wethemba ukuthi umthetho omusha ungavala igebe.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuze kugqugquzelwe ababhemayo abengeziwe ukuthi bashintshele ekushiseni ngaphansi kokuqondisa kodokotela, i-NHS yaze yamemezela ukuthi izoxhasa ababhemayo abahola kancane emikhiqizweni enqunyiwe yokuphefumula.
Nakuba kubonakala sengathi akukho ukugunyazwa okungcono kugwayi we-elekthronikhi kunokugunyazwa njengomkhiqizo wokwelapha, yidlanzana kuphela lemikhiqizo ye-vape eseyibonise izintshisekelo ezicacile elayisensini ye-MHRA. Iningi elikhulu, nakuba amabhrendi amakhulu esohlwini, awazange enze lutho. Ngokuvumelana ne Umbiko we-FT, ezinye izinkampani ezinkulu “azikenzi izinqumo mayelana namalayisense” noma zenqabile ukuphawula. Lokho kufaka uJuul, uVuse, i-Imperial Brands, ongumnikazi we-Blu e-cigarettes, kanye ne-Japan Tobacco International, umnikazi we-Logic vape.
Kungani Izinkampani Ze-Vape Zibuyela Emuva Kulayisensi Ye-NHS?
Lapho zithumela imikhiqizo ye-vape ukuze ivunywe, izinkampani kufanele zinikeze idatha eyanele yokuhlola ukukhombisa ikhwalithi nokuvumelana kwazo. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi yonke inqubo yokunikeza ilayisense ingase ibize cishe u-£3-5m, noma u-$4-6.8m. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amazinga ekubuyekezeni le mikhiqizo aqinile njengalawo asetshenziswa kweminye imikhiqizo yezokwelapha. Kodwa-ke, ama-vape brand abonakala enokukhathazeka okwengeziwe.
Okokuqala, umjikelezo wokunikeza ilayisense ungathatha iminyaka embalwa, ngemva kwalokho umkhiqizo cishe usuphelelwe yisikhathi. Ukugijima ngaphambi komncintiswano, ama-vape brand aqhubeka nokusheshisa ukuphindaphinda komkhiqizo wabo. Nakuba inqubo ende yokugunyaza ku-NHS iphikisana kuphela namasu abo okuqalisa imikhiqizo ngokushesha.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, izidingo zamalayisense wezokwelapha nazo zivale imikhiqizo yesistimu evulekile. Yize iziphathimandla zezempilo zase-UK zingakhombanga ukuthi le mikhiqizo inqatshelwe ekunikezweni ilayisense, imithetho yangempela ephathelene nokuvumelana yenze imikhiqizo eminingi yahlehla. I-MHRA ifune ukuthi ingxenye ngayinye yomshini womoya, okuhlanganisa ibhethri, ikhoyili, ne-e-liquid, ihlolwe ngokwehlukana. Cishe akunakwenzeka ngevape evumela ukugcwaliswa kabusha, ukwakha ikhoyili noma ukushintshwa kwebhethri ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo ezinjalo.
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I-NJOY ibona ukunikezwa kwelayisensi njengethuba lokwandisa imakethe yayo yase-UK, kuyilapho ezinye izinhlobo zemikhiqizo zibonakala zisola inzuzo ezizoyithola emzileni wezokwelapha. Noma kunjalo, lapho i-NJOY iqeda inqubo yayo yokugunyaza ku-NHS, impendulo izophuma kuyo.
