E-Los Angeles, ingxenye yethimba lezigele ngoLwesithathu igunyaze isethi yezikweletu eziyisithupha zokulwa nogwayi. Kulokhu, sithola izinyathelo ezikhuphula iminyaka yokubhema iye ku-21 futhi enqabela ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi ezindaweni zomphakathi njengezindawo zokudlela lapho ukubhema sekunqatshelwe khona.
Ngenkathi ukuphakamisa iminyaka yezikweletu ze-vaping kanye ne-e-cigarette kumisiwe eMkhandlwini Wezomthetho, bathathwe esimisweni esikhethekile sezempilo futhi bagunyazwa ikomidi elisha leSigele lezempilo yomphakathi kanye nezinsizakalo zentuthuko. AmaRiphabhulikhi awakwazanga ukuvotela lezi zikweletu.
Ingabe i-e-cigarettes "isango" lokubhema kwentsha? Kumanje kwenziwa ucwaningo olusha lokunquma lokhu.
Le USenator Mark Leno (i-D-San Francisco) iphakamise isilinganiso sokuhlukanisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi nezinqamuleli zomuntu siqu njengemikhiqizo kagwayi ukuze zibe ngaphansi kwemikhawulo efanayo. " Ingxenye ekhula ngokushesha yemakethe ye-vape yizingane ezineminyaka ephakathi nephezulu“USenator uLeno uthe. " Abafundi abangakaze babheme ugwayi nokho basebenzisa i-e-cigarette. »
Lo mthethosivivinywa uvumela futhi ukuthi kwethulwe imisebenzi yokuhlonza nokubamba abathengisi abadayisela izingane ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, udinga futhi ukusetshenziswa kwamaphakethe angazweli ezinganeni. Ngokusho kukaMark Leno " Lo mthethosivivinywa ngokuqinisekile uzovikela isizukulwane esilandelayo". I-Alternative Alternative Trade Assn waphikisana nesilinganiso, asibona njengokuhlasela umkhiqizo osize abantu abaningi ababhemayo ukuba bayeke ukubhema. Ngokusho kukaMichael Mullins: Umthethosivivinywa uzobhuntshisa imboni ekhulayo".
Isilinganiso asikhulumi ngentela kodwa Kari Hess, ongumnikazi weNor Cal Vape eRedding, uthe “ umthetho uzoholela ekukhokhiseni imboni“. UKari Hess wabe esekhuluma nephaneli: Lo mthethosivivinywa uzokwenza imikhiqizo 
I-vaping izobiza kakhulu futhi ngingaphoqeleka ukuthi ngivale iminyango yami ».
Umthethosivivinywa ophakamisa iminyaka esemthethweni yokuthenga ugwayi kusuka ku-18 kuya ku-21 wethulwe yi- USenator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina), owathi lokhu “ kuzonciphisa kakhulu inani labantu abasha abaqala ukubhema futhi kuholele ezindlekweni zezempilo eziphansi kakhulu“. Okwakhe" Akufanele kube lula kangako ezinganeni zethu ukuthola izandla zazo kulesi sidakamizwa esibulalayo".
Phakathi abamelene kuhlanganise Pete Conaty, i-lobbyist yamaqembu omakadebona Uma izakhamuzi sezikhule ngokwanele ukuthi zingakwazi ukujoyina amasosha futhi ziye empini zineminyaka engu-18, kufanele zikwazi ukukhetha ukuthi ziyabhema noma cha. »
Eminye imithetho egunyazwe ikomidi futhi yathunyelwa kuSenate Finance ukuze ibuyekezwe
– Ukwenqatshelwa kukagwayi (okuhlanganisa nogwayi we-elekthronikhi) kuzo zonke izikole, ngisho nalezo ezinomqulu othize.
- Vala izikhala emithethweni mayelana nezindawo zokusebenza ezingabhemi, uzidlulisele ezindaweni zokungena emahhotela, amabhizinisi amancane, amagumbi okuphumula kanye nezindawo zokugcina izimpahla.
- Vumela abavoti besifunda ukuthi bakhokhise intela abasabalalisi bakagwayi.
Umthombo : latimes.com
