E-New Zealand, i-I-AVCA (I-Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy) njengamanje ulwa nomthetho omusha “ongenayo i-Smokefree” ongakhawulela ukuhlinzekwa kwemikhiqizo eshisayo futhi usebenze ngokumelene nokulawulwa kukagwayi ezweni.
UMTHETHOSIVIVINYO ONGIKHAWULA UKUTHOLAKALA NOKUDAYISWA KWE-VAPING!
Nancy Loucas, umqondisi weI-Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (AVCA) ihlehlisa ngokuphelele kumaLungu ePhalamende aseNew Zealand mayelana nomthethosivivinywa wokubhema wesikhathi esizayo. Uthi: " Amalungu ePhalamende afuna ukuba nendawo 'engabhemi' ngo-2025 kufanele akhulume uma sifuna ukuphumelela ekuqedeni ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi. Manje yithuba labo, ngoba ngeshwa ikomiti elikhethiwe lezempilo alizange lilalele ".
Ukuphawula kwakhe kuza njengoba uMthethosivivinywa Wokuchibiyela Imvelo Engabhemi Nemikhiqizo Elawulwayo (Vaping) usufundelwa okwesibili ephalamende, ngemuva kokuthi iKomidi lezeMpilo lethule umbiko walo emasontweni amabili edlule.
«AmaLungu ePhalamende ayisishiyagalombili ekomidini elikhethiwe abonakale enza iziphakamiso futhi ashintsha iphrojekthi kancane kakhulu ngemuva kweziphakamiso zochwepheshe kanye nabathengi. Manje sekusele kwamanye amalungu ePhalamende ayi-112 ukuthi akhethele abantu ngendlela efanele. Umphakathi ukhulume ngokuzwakalayo nangokucacile, ochwepheshe baphikisene ngokuthi ukukhetha kanye nokufinyelela emikhiqizweni eshisayo kubaluleke kakhulu ekuqedeni ukubhema ngempumelelo. ", uthi.
Umqondisi we-AVCA uthi uphoxeke kakhulu ngokuthi uhulumeni ufuna ukunciphisa ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping ene-flavour engu-3 ezitolo kuphela naku-inthanethi.
« Kusobala ukuthi izinqumo zenziwa lapha ngaphandle kokuqonda ngokugcwele ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukukhetha nokufinyelela ekufinyeleleni umgomo wezwe elingenantuthu ngo-2025. »
I-AVCA ikholelwa ukuthi inqubomgomo yomphakathi ephumelelayo izoqinisekisa ukufinyelela okubanzi nokutholakala kwezinambitheka zemikhiqizo eshisayo ngaphandle kwezitolo ezikhethekile. Ngokwe-AVCA kumele kube nokulawulwa
i-pragmatic ne-scalable eyenza kube nokwenzeka ukubhekana nemikhiqizo enobungozi encishisiwe ngendlela ecacile ngokuvumelana nobufakazi besayensi namaqiniso.
«Abantu abadala bathanda ukunambitheka okungaphezu kukagwayi, i-mint ne-menthol. Ama-flavour abalulekile kwababhemayo abayeka ukubhema. AmaLungu ePhalamende kumele aqonde ukuthi zonke izethulo zomphakathi bezivuna kakhulu umthethonqubo osebenzayo futhi ofanele ubungozi. »
Ngokusho kukaNancy Loucas, izicelo zalabo abafake amathenda azishaywanga mkhuba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inqubo yokuhambisa nokulalelwa yancishiswa futhi yaba sezingeni eliphansi ezweni eliziqhenya kakhulu ngenqubomgomo yezempilo yomphakathi esebenzayo neqhubekayo.
«Njengabathengi, sisekela amazinga aphezulu omkhiqizo kanye nokuphoqelelwa okuqinile kwe-R18. Kodwa-ke, asikwazi ukuhlala singenzi lutho futhi sibone ukufinyeleleka kwethuluzi elinjalo lokuyeka ukubhema elenziwe buthaka kakhulu ngenxa yokwenqaba ukuvuma ubufakazi nemibono yochwepheshe eqinisekisa lokho abathengi asebekwazi kakade nabahlangabezane nakho ngokwabo. Uma iPhalamende lingawuguquli lo mthethosivivinywa, ngeshwa sizibeka engcupheni yokwandisa izinga lokubhema futhi.", kuchaza uNancy Loucas.
