E-United States, lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ubhubhane" lokusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette yintsha kuyaqhubeka nokuletha izikweletu ezintsha. UMitch McConnell, Umholi Weningi LeSigele Sase-US, ngoLwesine umemezele izinhlelo zokwethula umthethosivivinywa wokukhulisa iminyaka ephansi isuka kweyi-18 iye kwengama-21 emikhiqizweni yokuphefumula. Umgomo ngokusobala kuzoba ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa “kobhubhane” entsheni.
UMTHETHOSIVIVINYO OMSHA WENYANGA KAMeyi!
« Sekunesikhathi ngizwa abazali bebona ukwanda okungakaze kubonwe kwezingane zabo ezisanda kweva eshumini nambili…(…) Ngokudabukisayo seziya kufinyelela emazingeni obhubhane ezweni."kusho uSenator waseRepublican waseKentucky esitatimendeni.
Isiphakamiso se UMitch McConnell kuza njengoba izifundazwe eziningi namadolobha ase-United States enqume ukuphakamisa iminyaka esemthethweni yokuthengwa kukagwayi nogwayi we-elekthronikhi. Ngokocwaningo lwango-2015 olwenziwa yiNational Academy of Medicine, ukukhuphula ubuncane beminyaka esemthethweni ibe ngu-21 kuzovimbela ukufa kwabantu ngaphambi kwesikhathi abangama-223.
Kuze kube manje, izifunda eziyi-12 sezishaye imithetho yokukhulisa ubuncane beminyaka yobudala bufinyelele ku-21, okuhlanganisa iNew Jersey neCalifornia. Izishayamthetho zezwe laseNew York naseMaryland nazo ziwugunyazile umthetho.
Enkulumweni yabezindaba, umphathi jikelele weqembu Altria, Howard Willard", kusho inkampani " isekelwe kakhulu Isinqumo sikaMcConnell, embiza " isenzo esisebenza ngempumelelo kakhulu sokuhlehlisa amanani akhuphukayo okusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette phakathi kwezingane".
Abakhiqizi be-e-cigarette kakade bangaphansi kwengcindezi evela ku-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), okwathi ngoMashi yamemezela izinhlelo zokunqanda ukusetshenziswa kwemishini equkethe i-nicotine phakathi kwentsha.
I-Altria Group ibe negalelo elikhulu emikhankasweni kaMitch McConnell, ngokusho kwedatha evela ku- Isikhungo Sezombangazwe Ezisabelayo, elandelela ukuvela kokutshalwa kwezimali kwezepolitiki. Ngempela, uMcConnell uthole u-$31 ngomkhankaso wakhe wokhetho kwa-Altria.
