Uhulumeni wobumbano uzokwethula umthethosivivinywa kulokhu kuwa ukuze ulawule ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi.
I-Health Canada ithi lesi sinyathelo kuhloswe ngaso ukuvikela abantu abasha ekubeni yizigqila ze-nicotine, kuyilapho kuvunyelwa abantu abadala ababhemayo ukuthi bathenge ngokusemthethweni ugwayi we-elekthronikhi kanye nemikhiqizo yokukhipha umphunga njengesinyathelo sesikhashana sokuyeka ukubhema, noma enye indlela yokuyeka ugwayi.
I-Health Canada iphinde yamemezela ukuvuselelwa konyaka owodwa kweFederal Tobacco Control Strategy, okuzonikeza uhulumeni isikhathi sokwenza uhlelo olusha lwesikhathi eside. Isu elamukelwa ngo-2001 lagcina ukuvuselelwa eminyakeni emine edlule. Ukwengeza, uhulumeni wobumbano uyaqhubeka nokucabangela ukuvinjelwa okungenzeka kukagwayi we-menthol futhi usebenzela ukufeza ukuzibophezela kwawo kokwethula ukupakishwa okucacile nokujwayelekile kwayo yonke imikhiqizo kagwayi.
Ngokusho kukahulumeni, abantu baseCanada abangaba ngu-87 000, abaningi babo okungabantu abasha, bazoba ababhemayo nsuku zonkes”, okungabeka bona kanye nabanye engozini yokuthola izifo eziningi. UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo uJane Philpott uzobamba inkundla yezwe ekuqaleni kuka-2017 ukudingida ngekusasa lokulawulwa kukagwayi futhi anikeze izwi " anhlobonhlobo ababambiqhaza nabaseCanada, okuhlanganisa iFirst Nations kanye nama-Inuit Canadians. »
Engxoxweni ngoLwesibili, uPhilpott uthe ukholelwa ukuthi abantu baseCanada bazojabula ukubona uhulumeni wobumbano eqhubekela phambili nezindinganiso zokulawula ugwayi we-elekthronikhi kanye ne-vaping.
« Lona umkhakha onzima ngoba, phakathi kwezinye izinto, asinalo ulwazi olufanele ukuze siqonde ngokugcwele izingozi nezinzuzo zikagwayi we-electronic, ungqongqoshe wagcizelela. Siyaqaphela ukuthi enye yezinto okufanele yenziwe ukukhulisa ulwazi (mayelana nale mikhiqizo). Amathuba okuhlomula nokulimaza ekusetshenzisweni kwawo, wengeza.
Izifundazwe nomasipala abaningana sebezethulile izindlela zokuthi bafake umphunga, kodwa umthetho wenhlangano uyadingeka, ngokusho kukaRob Cunningham, umhlaziyi wenqubomgomo omkhulu eCanadian Cancer Society. E-Quebec, umthetho waphasiswa ekwindla ka-2015 okusho ukuthi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi noketshezi oluqukethe kuthathwa njengemikhiqizo kagwayi ngakho-ke kungaphansi kwemikhawulo efanayo.
« Nakanjani lena yindawo edinga ukulawulwa, kusho uCunningham engxoxweni. Asifuni ukubona izingane zisebenzisa logwayi. »
Ukubuyekezwa komthetho kagwayi akumele kubhekwe nje ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, kodwa nasezindabeni ezifana namaqhinga amasha okuthengisa, i-hookah nokulawulwa kwensangu, kusho uCunningham.
« Kunochungechunge olusha lwezindaba ezivele zenze udaba lukagwayi lwaba inkimbinkimbi, yingakho isu elisha lidinga ukwakhiwa ngokucophelela. Wanezela.
ICanada ibe yizwe lokuqala ukusebenzisa izexwayiso ngezithombe ukwazisa abantu ngobungozi bokubhema, kanti uhulumeni uthe ngoLwesibili ube ngelinye lamazwe okuqala ukunqanda ukukhushulwa nokunambitheka kukagwayi ngenhloso yokunciphisa ukukhanga kwemikhiqizo kagwayi, ikakhulukazi ugwayi. abantu abasha.
« Ukubhema kuyimbangela ehamba phambili yokufa okungavinjelwa eCanada futhi kuthinta inhlalakahle yabo bonke abantu baseCanada, kuhlanganise nentsha. Uhulumeni waseCanada uyaqhubeka nokuhlola izindlela ezintsha nezingcono zokulwa nokusetshenziswa kukagwayi kanye nemiphumela yako empilweni yabantu baseCanada kusho uNksz Philpott esitatimendeni esikhishwe ngasekuqaleni ngoLwesibili.
Umthombo : ici.radio-canada.ca
