E-Indiya, ikamva le-e-cigarettes likhangeleka limfiliba kwaye lingaqinisekanga. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo i-Federal Ministry of Health yase-India yabiza ukuba kupheliswe ukuthengiswa okanye ukungeniswa kwe-e-cigarettes kunye nezixhobo zecuba ezishushu ezifana ne-Philip Morris International Inc. iceba ukuyisungula kweli lizwe.
"UMNGCIKO OMKHULU WEMPILO" NGOKUTSHO KOBULUNGISELO LWEMPILO
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, i-Federal Ministry of Health yase-Indiya yacela ukuba kupheliswe ukuthengiswa okanye ukuthengiswa kwee-e-cigarettes kunye nezixhobo zecuba ezishushu.
I-Indiya inemithetho engqongqo yokuthintela ukutshaya, nto leyo urhulumente athi ibulala abantu abangaphezu kwama-900 000 nyaka ngamnye. Ngokutsho kweWorld Health Organization, eli lizwe lisenabantu abadala abatshayayo abazizigidi ezili-106. Kwingcebiso koorhulumente bamazwe, iSebe lezeMpilo lathi ukufutha kunye nezixhobo ezishushu zecuba zibeka "umngcipheko omkhulu empilweni" kwaye abantwana kunye nabo bangatshayiyo abasebenzisa iimveliso ezinjalo banokuba likhoboka lenikotini.
U-PHILIP MORRIS UFUNA UKUNYANZELA I-IQOS, UMPHATHISWA WEZEMPILO UFUNA UKUVIKELA UKUTHENGISWA KWAYO!
Isikhundla esithathwe ngurhulumente kunye nesigebenga secuba uPhilip Morris, oceba ukusungula isixhobo sayo se-iQOS eIndiya. Ngokutsho kweReuters, uPhilip Morris usebenza e
ukufika kwenkqubo yecuba eshushu njengemveliso yokunciphisa umonakalo elizweni.
Kodwa uMphathiswa wezeMpilo ucacile kwaye ucela amazwe ase-India ukuba 'aqinisekise' ukuba i-ENDS (inkqubo yokuhanjiswa kwe-nicotine ye-elektroniki) kubandakanya i-e-cigarettes ayisathengiswa, yenziwe okanye ingeniswe elizweni.
Ngokutsho kwenkonzo, ezi zixhobo kubeka umngcipheko omkhulu wezempilo kuluntu ngokubanzi, ngakumbi abantwana, abafikisayo, abakhulelweyo kunye nabasetyhini abakwiminyaka yokuzala.".
Igosa eliphezulu lezempilo lathi urhulumente " uthumele umyalezo onamandla malunga nobungozi beemveliso zayo kubemi.
UMGAQO WE-E-Cigarette usalindile
Kunyaka ophelileyo, umhlali waseNew Delhi wafaka isimangalo kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseDelhi efuna ukulawulwa kwe-e-cigarettes. Ukuze kucaciswe izinto, inkundla yabuza i-Federal Ministry of Health kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuba ichaze umhla apho amanyathelo okulawula kufuneka abhengezwe.
« Ityala lafakwa ukuqaqambisa ukunqongophala ngokupheleleyo komgaqo. Ngoku kubalulekile ukuba kuthathwe amanyathelo angqongqo" , watsho Bhuvanesh Sehgal, igqwetha elisekelwe eDelhi.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, urhulumente waseIndiya uye waqinisa iinzame zakhe "zokuchasana necuba", ngokukodwa ngokunyusa irhafu kwi-cigarettes kodwa ngokuvala ukusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarettes kumazwe amaninzi.
