Ngenkathi i-vaper yaseSwitzerland isanda kuboshwa e-Thailand ngokutholakala nokusebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, izinhlangano zezokuvakasha zase-UK azisangabazi ukwazisa abahambi ngemithetho yokukhipha umphunga esetshenziswa ezweni.
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E-United Kingdom, abasebenzi benkampani yezokuvakasha bayacelwa ukuthi baxwayise amakhasimende abo mayelana nomthetho wase-Thai owenqabela ukwethulwa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi ezweni. UPat Waterton, umqondisi we Langley Travel, uthe wayengazi ngokuvinjelwa kwaze kwaba yilapho umshana wakhe, uJames, ekhokha 'inhlawulo' ka-£125 ngemva kokubhekana nezinsongo zokuboshwa ngokutholakala ne-e-cigarette e-Bangkok.
Emibhalweni yayo esemthethweni, le nhlangano yengeze isigaba esithi "Ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ungathathwa futhi ungahlawuliswa noma ugwetshwe iminyaka eyi-10 ejele.".
UPat Waterton uthi: Ngithole umlayezo ovela kudadewethu engichazela ukuthi uJames uboshwe eThailand ngoba enogwayi we-e. Wakwazi ukukhokhela iphoyisa, elamtshela ukuthi angabhadla ejele. Iminyaka eyishumi! Kuzwakala kuthinta ingqondo ngokusebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi".
Umkhulumeli weTourism Authority of Thailand usanda kuphinda iseluleko sikahulumeni wase-UK, exwayisa izivakashi ukuthi zingawungenisi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ezweni.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uPat Waterton ubonakala eqonda, uthi: " Uma kufanele ngidayise uhambo oluya eThailand, ngizosho ngokucacile leli phuzu kugwayi we-elekthronikhi, ngaphandle kwalokho wonke ama-ejenti kufanele akwenze. I-Thailand iyindawo ethandwa kakhulu ngakho-ke kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi uhambo lwamakhasimende ethu alonakaliswa yilolu hlobo lwengozi. »
Izinkampani eziningi zezokuvakasha ziyavumelana ngaleli phuzu, umphathi jikelele we Amaholide KaNdunankulu uyamemezela" Awukho umthelela obonwe ekubhukheni kodwa seluleka ngokuqinile bonke abasebenzeli ukuthi badlulisele lesi seluleko kumakhasimende abo. »
