ELos Angeles, inxalenye yendlu yesenethi ngoLwesithathu iphumeze iseti yamatyala amathandathu achasene necuba. Kule nto, sifumana imilinganiselo yokunyusa iminyaka yokutshaya ukuya kwi-21 kwaye inqanda ukusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarettes kwiindawo zoluntu ezifana neendawo zokutyela apho ukutshaya sele kunqatshelwe.
Ngelixa ukuphakamisa ubudala be-vaping kunye ne-e-cigarette bills ziye zanqunyanyiswa kwiNdibano yoMthetho, zithathwe kwiseshoni ekhethekileyo yezempilo kwaye zavunywa yikomiti entsha ye-Senate kwiinkonzo zempilo yoluntu kunye nophuhliso. Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi abakwazanga ukuvotela le mithetho isayilwayo.
Ngaba i-e-cigarettes "lisango" lokutshaya ulutsha? Uphononongo olutsha kungokunje luyaqhubeka ukumisela oku.
Le USenator Mark Leno (i-D-San Francisco) iphakamise umlinganiselo wokuhlela i-e-cigarettes kunye ne-vaporizers zomntu njengemveliso yecuba ukwenzela ukuba zixhomekeke kwizithintelo ezifanayo. " Elona candelo likhula ngokukhawuleza kwimakethi yevape ngabantwana abaphakathi nabakwizikolo eziphakamileyo“Utshilo uSenator uLeno. " Abafundi abangazange batshaye icuba nangona kunjalo basebenzisa i-e-cigarettes. »
Lo mthetho usayilwayo ukwavumela ukuba kuqaliswe ukusebenza ukuze kuchongwe kwaye kubanjwe abathengisi abathengisa i-e-cigarettes kubantwana, ikwafuna ukusetyenziswa kwepakethe enganyangekiyo ebantwaneni. Ngokutsho kukaMark Leno " Lo mthetho uyilwayo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kukhusela isizukulwana esilandelayo». I-Assn yoRhwebo olulolunye lwasimahla lweMsi wawuchasa umlinganiselo, awubona njengohlaselo kwimveliso eye yanceda abaninzi abatshayayo bayeke ukutshaya. Ngokutsho kukaMichael Mullins: Lo mthetho uyilwayo uza kuthintela ushishino olukhulayo".
Umlinganiselo awuthethi ngerhafu kodwa Kari Hess, umnini-ndawonye weNor Cal Vape eRedding, wathi “ umthetho uya kukhokelela ekurhafisweni koshishino“. UKari Hess emva koko wathetha nephaneli: Eli tyala liya kwenza iimveliso 
I-vaping iya kubiza kakhulu kwaye ndinganyanzeleka ukuba ndivale iingcango zam ».
Umthetho oyilwayo ophakamisa iminyaka esemthethweni yokuthenga icuba ukusuka kwi-18 ukuya kwi-21 yaziswa ngu USenator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina), owathi le “ kuya kunciphisa kakhulu inani labantu abatsha abaqala ukutshaya kwaye kukhokelela kwiindleko zempilo eziphantsi kakhulu“. Ukwenzela yena " Akufunekanga kube lula kubantwana bethu ukufumana izandla zabo kwesi siyobisi sibulalayo".
Phakathi kwabachasi kuquka Pete Conaty, i-lobbyist yamaqela amagqala Ukuba abahlali bakhulile ngokwaneleyo ukuba bajoyine umkhosi kwaye baye emfazweni kwi-18, kufuneka bakwazi ukukhetha ukuba batshaye okanye bangatshayi. »
Eminye imithetho esayilwayo evunywe yikomiti kwaye ithunyelwe kwiSenate Finance ukuze iqwalaselwe
– Ukuthintelwa kwecuba (kubandakanywa ne-e-cigarettes) kuzo zonke izikolo, nkqu nezo zinetshatha ethile.
-Vala izikhewu kwimithetho emalunga neendawo zokusebenza ezingatshayiyo, uzidlulisele kwiindawo zokuhlala ehotele, amashishini amancinci, amagumbi okuphumla kunye neendawo zokugcina iimpahla.
– Vumela abavoti beedolophu ukuba barhafise abasasazi becuba.
imvelaphi : latimes.com
