EUnited States, abantu abaphakathi kweminyaka eli-18 nama-20 kungekudala abayi kukwazi ukuyeka ukutshaya ngenxa yokufunxa. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, iVermont yaba ngumbuso we-14 wase-US ukuphakamisa iminyaka yokuthengiswa kweemveliso zecuba, kuquka i-e-cigarettes, ukuya kwi-21.
IMINYAKA ESEMTHETHWENI YI-21 KWAYE UKUTHENGISWA KWEMVELISO YEVAPE kwi-Intanethi KUPHELELE!
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, irhuluneli UPhil Scott utyikityo umthetho owenza iVermont ilizwe le-14 lase-US ukuphakamisa iminyaka yokuthengiswa kweemveliso zecuba (kubandakanywa ne-e-cigarettes) ukuya kwi-21. Lo mthetho omtsha uya kuqala ukusebenza ngoSeptemba 1, 2019. UPhil Scott uphinde wasayina omnye umthetho ovimbela ukuthengiswa kwe-intanethi ye-e-cigarettes eVermont, lo uya kuqala ukusebenza ngoJulayi 1.
UKevin Burns, I-CEO ye Iilebhu zeJUUL, ikhuphe ingxelo exhasa umthetho.
«Siyayincoma iRhuluneli kunye neNdibano Jikelele yaseVermont ngokumisela umthetho wokunciphisa iminyaka yokuthengwa kwazo zonke iimveliso zecuba, kubandakanya i-vaping, ukuya kwi-21, okwenza iVermont ibe lilizwe lesibhozo ukufikelela kweli nqanaba libalulekileyo ngo-2019", watsho. "Siya kusilela ukubonelela ngeyenye indlela yokwenyani yecuba elinokutsha, owona nobangela wokuqala wokusweleka okunokuthintelwa kweli lizwe. ibhiliyoni yabantu abadala abatshayayo ukuba ukusetyenziswa kolutsha kuyaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka. »
Ngoku kukho amanye amazwe ali-13 anomthetho ofanayo wemveliso yecuba: Arkansas, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, naseWashington..
