Abaphathi baseMelika bakhiphe imithetho eqinile ebhizinisini likagwayi we-elekthronikhi. Abakhiqizi baneminyaka emithathu yokukhombisa iziqinisekiso zabo. Umkhakha ungaphansi kwengcindezi.
NgoMeyi, abadlali emakethe ye-vaping yaseMelika, $4,1 billion ngo-2016 ngokusho kuka-Wells Fargo uthole igalelo elikhulu: ukushicilelwa yi-FDA (Ukuphathwa Kokudla Nezidakamizwa) komthethonqubo omusha. Phakathi kweminye imithetho, inhlangano idinga ukuthi bonke abakhiqizi bathumele uhlu lwezingxenye ezingase zibe yingozi kuma-aerosol emikhiqizo yabo. Idivayisi ngayinye, isisombululo ngasinye kufanele sibe isihloko sesicelo sokugunyazwa ukumaketha phakathi neminyaka emithathu, ngaphandle uma sasitholakala emakethe ngaphambi kuka-2007. Okungenjalo 'nogwayi we-e.
Amabhizinisi "ngeke nje babonise ukuthi umkhiqizo wabo uphephile kunogwayi, kodwa futhi ukuthi ikuvumela ukuthi uyeke ukubhema (…)», Uhlaziya uMichael Siegel, uprofesa wezempilo yomphakathi e-Boston University. Ngokusho kwakhe, izindleko zesicelo ngomkhiqizo ngamunye zizofinyelela ubuncane be-330 dollars (000 francs). “Inhlekelele yezitolo ezingaba ngu-16 ze-vape e-United States.» Ungoti kagwayi ukhankasela ukulawula ugwayi we-elekthronikhi okubhekelela ukuncishiswa kokubhema okuvunyelwe yilo mshini.
IMITHETHO ? IBREKI LOKUQALA OKUSHA!
Kwabaningi ababukayo, lo mthethonqubo uzoholela ekushicileleni ingxenye yebhizinisi. “Imakethe eguquguqukayo, eyakhiwe izinkulungwane zama-SME akhiqiza futhi ahlinzeka ngemikhiqizo efika ku-100, ubungozi bokuthi indawo yabo ithathwe abakhiqizi abayishumi kuye kwabangama-000, mhlawumbe abavela embonini kagwayi, ehlinzeka ngemikhiqizo embalwa kuphela,” kulinganisela i-CASAA, inhlangano ezimele imikhankaso yokunye esikhundleni sotshani eNicot.
«Lo mthetho ubeka engcupheni yokwehlisa isivinini sokuqanjwa kabusha, kodwa ungabonakala ulungile kumaqhawe kagwayi (…), ikakhulukazi i-Altria (owayekade eyiPhilip Morris Companies Inc.) ngenxa yethuba elimelwe uhlelo lwayo lwe-iQos olushisisa ugwayi.», Ulinganisa u-Bonnie Herzog, umhlaziyi ophezulu e-Wells Fargo.
Izinkampani eziningi ezizimele ngeke zikwazi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zobuchwepheshe ze-FDA. “Ama-SME aseMelika amancane kakhulu, akhiqiza ikakhulukazi ama-e-liquid, awanawo amaqembu adingekayo kulokhu 
umsebenzi. Ngeke bazi ukuthi bangagcwalisa kanjani inqwaba yamafomu adingekayo», Ilinganisa u-Claude Bamberger, iphini likamongameli weNhlangano ezimele (yaseFrance) yabasebenzisi bakagwayi we-elekthronikhi: “Impela, kubonakala sengathi i-FDA ihlinzeke ngesabelomali sosizo kanye nezinqubo ezenziwe lula zamabhizinisi amancane kanye nethuba lokufaka kuhlu izinhlanganisela ezifanayo. Kodwa ekugcineni, umdlalo uzoba lula ezinkampanini ezinkulu zikagwayi, ezinemikhiqizo embalwa nemikhiqizo embalwa yokudonsa.»
KWE-FDA, IMITHETHO IVIKELA ABASHA!
I-FDA izivikela ngokuveza isidingo sokuvikela abantu abasha. “Ukuvinjelwa kokuthengiswa kwezinto ezibizwa nge-modified risk products, ngaphandle uma kugunyazwe ngokuqondile, kubonisa isinyathelo esibalulekile sokulawula imikhiqizo esetshenziswa ngesilinganiso esishaqisayo ngabantu abasha, njenge-e-cigarettes, cigars noma i-shisha.“, kuchaza umqondisi we-FDA Tobacco Products Center, uMitch Zeller. Ingabe ukuncipha kokufinyelela kugwayi we-elekthronikhi eqenjini eliqondiwe labasebenzisi, ababhemayo, kuzoxazululwa yizinzuzo zezempilo ezithenjwayo phakathi kwabantu abasha? Lesi yisihloko senkulumo-mpikiswano.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, awukho umkhiqizo omusha we-vaping ongasakwazi ukumakethwa e-United States ngaphandle kwemvume evela kubaphathi. Kodwa-ke, abakhiqizi abaningi be-e-cigarette basabela, bahlasela uMthetho Wokunquma we-FDA (ohlanganisa i-e-cigarettes nogwayi). “Imikhiqizo ye-vaping yimikhiqizo yezobuchwepheshe hhayi imikhiqizo kagwayi“, ngokwesibonelo uvikele inkampani yaseMelika iLost Art Liquids.
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