ENingizimu Korea, ingxenye yemakethe yemikhiqizo kagwayi eshisayo i-"Heat Not Burn" (HNB) inyuke ngokuphindwe kahlanu kule minyaka emibili edlule ngenxa yokumaketha okunonya kwezinkampani zikagwayi, idatha ekhishwe ngoLwesihlanu ibonisiwe.
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Ngokwemininingwane ekhishwe uhulumeni waseNingizimu Korea ngoLwesihlanu, ukuthengiswa kukagwayi oshisiwe bekumi emaphaketheni ayizigidi ezingama-92 ngekota yokuqala yalo nyaka, okukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-34 kunonyaka owedlule. Iphakethe elilodwa liqukethe izinti zikagwayi ezishisayo ezingama-20.
Isabelo semakethe salolu hlobo lukagwayi, kuhlanganisa iQOS de Phillip Morris et i-lil de Inkampani ye-KT&G Corp., inkampani enkulu kagwayi yaseNingizimu Korea, ikhuphuke yafinyelela ku-11,8% ekupheleni kukaMashi, isuka ku-2,2% eminyakeni emibili edlule. NgoMeyi 2017, uPhillip Morris wethula uhlobo lwe-iQOS eSouth Korea, ithuluzi lokuqala likagwayi elishisayo elizodayiswa emakethe yaseNingizimu Korea.
Umnyango Wezempilo Nokunakekelwa Komphakathi ubeka le nkambiso ekukhangiseni okunolaka nokugqugquzela imisebenzi yabakhiqizi abaphikelela ngokuthi le mikhiqizo ayinabungozi kangako kunogwayi ojwayelekile.
Ukulwisana nalokhu kukhuphuka kwezinga lokuthengisa, lo mnyango umemezele ukuthi uhlela ukubuyekeza umthetho ngonyaka ozayo ozodinga ukuthi kufakwe izithombe eziyisixwayiso nezixwayiso kumaphakethe kagwayi oshisayo kanye nemishini. Kusukela ekupheleni kuka-2016, umthetho usukwenze kwaba yimpoqo ukubeka izithombe nezixwayiso emaphaketheni kagwayi wendabuko ukuze kuqwashiswe ngemiphumela eyingozi empilweni kagwayi njengengxenye yemizamo yokunciphisa izinga lokubhenywa kwezwe.
