Ngokusobala akusona isinqumo sonyaka kuma-vapers ase-Australia kodwa kuyisiqalo sangempela sokucatshangelwa kwe-vape kuleli. Kulandela ihlazo lika ukuvinjelwa kokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping kumenyezelwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo, uGreg Hunt ukhiphe isimemezelo kwabezindaba izolo ukuze adambise ukungezwani nokukhathazeka ngale ndaba.
ISIKHATHI SOKUSEBENZA SENWE NGEZINYANGA EZI-6!
Esitatimendeni esisemthethweni esikhishwe izolo nguNgqongqoshe Wezempilo, UGreg Hunt, isiqalo sencazelo mayelana nokwenqatshelwa kokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kanye nemiyalo eyisibopho yenza ukubonakala kwayo.
Ochwepheshe bezokwelapha base-Australia, okuhlanganisa ne-AHPPC, baxwayise ngezingozi zezempilo zikagwayi we-elekthronikhi. Lezi zaziso zihambisana nokuvinjelwa kwamanje kuzo zonke izifundazwe nezindawo ekuthengisweni kogwayi be-elekthronikhi oqukethe i-nicotine.
Izinga lokubhema e-Australia lehle kakhulu kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, lisuka ku-22,3% ngo-2001 laya ku-13,8% ngo-2017-18. Kepha izibalo zakamuva zikhombisa ukuthi ukubhema kusenomthelela ekufeni kwabantu ababalelwa ku-21. Yingakho kudingeka siqhubeke sinciphisa la mazinga okubhema.
Ikakhulukazi, emhlabeni wonke, sibone abangabhemi bengeniswa ku-nicotine okokuqala ngqa nge-vaping. Ngakho-ke, uhulumeni uphendula iseluleko ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi i-e-cigarettes equkethe i-nicotine ingangeniswa kuphela ngencwadi kadokotela. Lokhu kuzosiza ukuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kwe-nicotine ngabangabhemi nge-vaping.
Kodwa-ke, sineqembu lesibili labantu abasebenzisa lezi e-cigarettes ne-nicotine njengendlela yokuyeka ukubhema. Ukuze sisize leli qembu ukuthi liqhubeke nokuqeda lo mkhuba, sizovumela isikhathi esengeziwe sokuqaliswa koshintsho ngokusungula inqubo eyenziwe lula yeziguli ezifisa ukuthola izincwadi zemithi ngodokotela wazo.
Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, isikhathi sokusetshenziswa sizonwetshwa ngezinyanga eziyisithupha kuze kube umhla ka-1 Januwari 2021. Abantu kufanele bahlale bethintana nodokotela wabo mayelana nalezi zinkinga zezempilo futhi baqinisekise ukuthi i-e-cigarette iwumkhiqizo ovumayo ngempela.
Lokhu kuzophinde kunike iziguli isikhathi sokukhuluma nodokotela wazo, zixoxe ngendlela engcono kakhulu yokuyeka ukubhema, njengokusebenzisa eminye imikhiqizo ehlanganisa amapheshana noma izifutho, futhi uma kunesidingo zingathola incwadi kadokotela.
