Ngokucacileyo ayisosigqibo sonyaka kwiivapers zaseOstreliya kodwa sisiqalo sokwenyani sokuqwalaselwa kwevape yelizwe. Ukulandela ihlazo lika ukuvalwa kokungeniswa kweemveliso zomphunga ibhengezwe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, uMphathiswa wezeMpilo, uGreg Hunt ukhuphe i-press release izolo ukunciphisa uxinzelelo kunye neenkxalabo kulo mbandela.
IXESHA LOKUPHUNYEZWA KWANDISWE NGENYANGA EZI-6!
Kwingxelo esemthethweni ekhutshwe izolo nguMphathiswa wezeMpilo, UGreg Hunt, isiqalo senkcazo malunga nokuvinjelwa kokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kunye nemiyalelo enyanzelekileyo yenza ukubonakala kwayo.
Iingcali zonyango zase-Australia, kuquka i-AHPPC, ziye zalumkisa ngengozi yezempilo ye-e-cigarettes. Ezi zaziso zihambelana nokuvinjelwa kwangoku kuwo onke amazwe kunye nemimandla ekuthengisweni kwe-e-cigarettes equkethe i-nicotine.
Izinga lokutshaya lase-Australia liye lehla kakhulu kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini edlulileyo, ukusuka kwi-22,3% kwi-2001 ukuya kwi-13,8% kwi-2017-18. Kodwa izibalo zamva nje zibonisa ukuba ukutshaya kusenegalelo ekubhubheni malunga nama-21. Yiyo loo nto kufuneka sinciphise ngakumbi la mazinga okutshaya.
Ngokukodwa, kwihlabathi jikelele, sibone abantu abangatshayiyo beziswa kwinikotini okokuqala ngqa ngomphunga. Ngoko ke, urhulumente uphendula isiluleko ngokuqinisekisa ukuba i-e-cigarettes equkethe i-nicotine ingangeniswa kuphela ngomyalelo kagqirha. Oku kuya kunceda ukuthintela ukusetyenziswa inikotini ngabantu abangatshayiyo ngevaping.
Nangona kunjalo, sineqela lesibini labantu abasebenzisa le-e-cigarettes kunye ne-nicotine njengendlela yokuyeka ukutshaya. Ukuze sincede eli qela liqhubeke nokuphelisa lo mlutha, siya kuvumela ixesha elingakumbi lokuphunyezwa kotshintsho ngokuseka inkqubo elula yezigulane ezinqwenela ukufumana imimiselo nge-GP yazo.
Ngenxa yesi sizathu, ixesha lokuphunyezwa liya kwandiswa ngeenyanga ezintandathu kude kube nguJanuwari 1, 2021. Abantu kufuneka bahlale bebonisana nodokotela wabo malunga nale miba yezempilo kwaye baqinisekise ukuba i-e-cigarette ngokwenene imveliso evumayo.
Oku kuya kunika izigulane ixesha lokuthetha nogqirha wabo, baxoxe ngeyona ndlela ingcono yokuyeka ukutshaya, njengokusebenzisa ezinye iimveliso ezibandakanya iipatches okanye izitshizi, kwaye ukuba kuyimfuneko banokufumana umyalelo.
