M'kalata yopita kwa Secretary of State for Health, Matthew Hancock ndi nthambi zonse za National Health Service (NHS), a Philip Morris akupereka thandizo polimbana ndi kusuta fodya polimbikitsa njira yake ya fodya ya IQOS. Zomwe sizingachitike kwa akuluakulu azaumoyo ku United Kingdom.
IQOS, MANKHWALA OTI MUSIYA KUPOTA?
Mtsogoleri wa makampani a fodya akunenanso za iye. Philip Morris International, yemwe ndi mwini wake wa Marlboro ndi mitundu ina yambiri ya ndudu, adatumiza kalata kwa Mlembi wa Zaumoyo wa boma, Matthew Hancock ndi ku nthambi zonse za National Health Service (NHS), chofanana ndi Chingelezi cha French social Security. M'kalatayi, kampani yotchuka kwambiri imapereka chithandizo chake polimbana ndi kusuta, makamaka m'malo mwa fodya wamba.
Amatenga mwayi wotsatsa malonda ake atsopano, IQOS, yomwe imabwera ngati cholembera mmene amalowetsamo ndudu ya ndudu, yomwe imakhala yaifupi kuposa ndudu wamba. Kenako amatenthedwa ndikutulutsa nthunzi. Sichimatulutsa utsi uliwonse ndipo, mwabwino, palibe phula kapena carbon monoxide, kusonyeza kuti kukanakhala "zopanda poizoni".
Malinga ndi malamulo a Bungwe la World Health Organisation (WHO), kuloŵerera kwa makampani a fodya m’ntchito za umoyo wa anthu sikuloledwa chifukwa chakuti mankhwala awo ndiwo aphetsa mamiliyoni a anthu.
Koma mu kalatayo, Mark MacGregor, mkulu woyang’anira nkhani za Philip Morris ku UK ndi Ireland, analemba kuti: “Kukondwerera zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri za NHS, ndife okondwa kupereka chithandizo chathu kuthandiza osuta 73.000 omwe ali mu bungwe lanu kuti asiye. Ingakhale kampeni yothandizana: mungapereke upangiri wofunikira kuti musiye kumwa chikonga ndipo kwa iwo omwe sakanatha titha kuwathandiza kuti asinthe njira yopanda utsi.»
ZOCHITA "ZOSAYENERA", "KUBWERA KWA COM" KWAMBIRI!
Wachiwiri kwa Secretary-Secretary of State for Health, Steve Brine, adatsimikizira Lachinayi lapitalo, pamakangano ku House of Commons kuti zomwe a Philip Morris anachita zinali "kwathunthu 
zosayenera komanso motsutsana ndi protocol [ya WHO]”. Kwa ena omenyera ufulu mawuwa sakhala amphamvu mokwanira.
Deborah Arnott, wotsogolera of Action pa kusuta ndi thanzi, bungwe lachifundo losasuta, likufotokoza njira ya kampani monga "zochititsa manyazi kulengeza". Adauza a British daily The Independent kuti:Ndine wokondwa kuti Under-Secretary for Health wadzudzula kuwongolera kwa Philip Morris motsutsana ndi NHS. Koma kampaniyi yaperekanso mwayi kwa akuluakulu aboma".
Akuyembekeza kuti atsimikiziranso kuthandizira kwake pamalamulo a WHO omwe amati "makampani a fodya alibe ufulu wokhala bwenzi pazochitika zilizonse zomwe zimapititsa patsogolo ndondomeko za umoyo wa anthu chifukwa zofuna izi zikutsutsana mwachindunji ndi zolinga za ndondomekozi.»
Kwa zaka zambiri, Philip Morris anakana kuvomereza kuti kusuta kumayambitsa khansa ndi matenda ena ngakhale pali umboni wochuluka. Kampaniyo yawononga mabiliyoni a madola popanga mankhwala ena omwe angalole kuti osuta ndi osuta asiye kusuta fodya.
gwero : Slate.fr/
