MONTREAL - Izinkampani zikagwayi i-Imperial Tobacco Canada kanye neRothmans, Benson & Hedges ziyalelwe yiNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala yaseQuebec ukuthi zikhokhe isamba cishe yezigidigidi zamarandi ecaleni lokudlulisa icala.
Ngaphansi kwesinqumo esakhishwa iNkantolo Ephakeme YaseQuebec ekupheleni kukaMeyi futhi yadlulisela icala, isamba semali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-15,6 zamaRandi kufanele ikhokhwe izinkampani zikagwayi kubantu ababhemayo okungenzeka bake bagula, asebeyizigqila zikagwayi.
UMkhandlu waseQuebec on Tobacco and Health, uphendula lesi senzo sekilasi, ukhulume ngoLwesibili "ukunqoba okuhle» kanye «isiqinisekiso sokuziphatha» izisulu ngesikhathi sisalinde izinkantolo ukuthi zikhiphe isinqumo mayelana naleli cala.
«Sijabule kakhulu ngesinqumo, kungukunqoba okukhulu kwabahlukunyezwa ugwayi, abazogcina benesiqiniseko, amathuba okuba nemali uma ekupheleni kwesikhalazo, isinqumo sigcinwa ngesahlulelo ngoMeyi odlule.", kusho umqondisi jikelele weQuebec Council on Tobacco and Health, UMario Bujold.
Le nhlangano ibinovalo lokuthi ngeke iwubone umbala wemali uma kwenzeka iphumelela, yathi lezi zinkampani zingathumela inzuzo yazo enkampanini engumzali futhi zingayibali impahla edingwa izwe uma kwenzeka kuba nezinkinga. .
«Kwakungase kube yinde kakhulu, noma kungenzeki nhlobo. Izinkampani lapha zenze konke ngempela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi impahla yazo itholakala phesheya, enkampanini engumzali. (…) Kwabeka engcupheni ukufinyelela kwezobulungiswa 
kuzisulu ezingu-100 esizimelele kulesi senzo sekilasi», kugcizelela uMnu. Bujold.
Lesi sibopho se $984 million imele isiqinisekiso esithile sezisulu, ngokusho koMkhandlu waseQuebec on Tobacco and Health. Ngakho-ke, i-Imperial Tobacco Canada kuzodingeka ikhokhe, kusukela ngoDisemba, ezingxenyeni eziyisithupha ezizayo, idiphozi yesibambiso eNkantolo Yezwe. $758 million, futhi Rothmans, Benson & Hedges kuyodingeka benze okufanayo ngenani $226 million.
Ezinkampanini ezintathu zikagwayi eseziyalelwe ukuthi zikhokhe amademeshe, i-JTI Macdonald ayiveli kulesi sinqumo esiphathelene nebhondi. UMnu. Bujold wachaza ukuthi i-JTI izibeke ngaphansi komthetho wokuvikela abakweletwayo futhi yayingeke ikwazi ukumelwa enkantolo “ngesikhathi esifanele".
Ngenkathi sikhuluma ngenani lezokuphepha "angikaze ngibone», UMnu. Bujold ukhumbule ukuthi abaphenduli baqale bacela eNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala inani 4,3 billion.
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