EUnited States, oko kubizwa ngokuba “ngubhubhani” wokusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarette ngabantu abaselula kuyaqhubeka kubangela amatyala amatsha. UMitch McConnell, inkokeli yesininzi saseMelika kwiSenethi, ubhengeze ngoLwesine injongo yakhe yokubonisa umthetho oyilwayo ojolise ekunyuseni ubuncinci beminyaka ukusuka kwi-18 ukuya kwi-21 kwiimveliso zomphunga. Injongo ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuba kukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa “kobhubhane” phakathi kolutsha.
UMTHETHO OYILWAYO OMTSHA WENYANGA KAMAY!
« Sekulithuba ngoku, ndivile ngabazali ababona uqhambuko lokuqhambuka kwevaping ngendlela engazange ibonwe kubantwana babo abakwishumi elivisayo… (…) Ngelishwa, ifikelela kwinqanaba lobhubhane elizweni.", uSenator waseRiphabhlikhi waseKentucky uthe kwingxelo.
Isindululo se UMitch McConnell kuza njengoko uninzi lwamazwe kunye nezixeko zase-United States zigqibe kwelokuba zinyuse iminyaka esemthethweni yokuthenga icuba kunye ne-e-cigarettes. Ngokutsho kophando lwe-2015 yi-National Academy of Medicine, ukuphakamisa ubuncinci beminyaka yobudala ukuya kwi-21 kuya kuthintela ukufa kwe-223 ngaphambi kwexesha.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amazwe ali-12 enze imithetho yokunyusa ubuncinci beminyaka ukuya kuma-21, kubandakanya iNew Jersey neCalifornia. Abenzi bomthetho baseNew York naseMaryland nabo bawuvumile umthetho.
Kwingxelo yeendaba, umphathi jikelele weqela Altria, Howard Willard", yatsho inkampani " ixhaswa ngokuqinileyo » Isigqibo sikaMcConnell, esibiza ngokuba " esona senzo sisebenzayo ukubuyisela umva ukunyuka kwamazinga okusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarette phakathi kwabantwana".
Abenzi be-e-cigarette sele bephantsi koxinzelelo kwi-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), eyabhengeza izicwangciso ngo-Matshi ukunqanda ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo eziqukethe i-nicotine phakathi kwabaselula.
Iqela le-Altria lalinegalelo elikhulu kwimikhankaso kaMitch McConnell, ngokwedatha evela kwi Iziko lezoPolitiko eziphendulayo, elandelela ukuvela kotyalo-mali lwezopolitiko. Ewe, uMcConnell ufumene i-31 yeedola ngephulo lakhe lonyulo e-Altria.
