E-India, ikusasa likagwayi we-elekthronikhi libukeka lifiphele futhi lingaqinisekile. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule uMnyango Wezempilo Wombuso wase-India ucele ukuthi kuphele ukuthengiswa noma ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwama-e-cigarette kanye nemishini kagwayi eshisayo njengaleyo i-Philip Morris International Inc. ahlela ukuyiqala ezweni.
"INGOZI ENKULU YEMPILO" NGOKWENKONZO YEZEMPILO
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, uMnyango Wezempilo Wombuso waseNdiya ucele ukuthi kumiswe ukuthengiswa noma ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwama-e-cigarette kanye nemishini kagwayi eshisayo.
Izwe laseNdiya linemithetho eqinile yokunqanda ukubhema, uhulumeni athi kubulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-900 000 minyaka yonke. NgokweWorld Health Organization, izwe lisenabantu abadala ababhemayo abayizigidi ezingu-106. Eselulekweni esiya kohulumeni bezifundazwe, uMnyango Wezempilo uthe izisetshenziswa zikagwayi ezishisayo nezishisayo zibeka "ingozi enkulu yezempilo" nokuthi izingane kanye nalabo abangabhemi abasebenzisa le mikhiqizo bangase babe imilutha ye-nicotine.
UPHILIP MORRIS UFUNA UKUBEKA IQOS, UNGQONGQOSHE WEZEMPILO UFUNA UKUKWEQA UKUDAYISWA KWAYO!
Isikhundla esithathwe uhulumeni nesikhondlakhondla sikagwayi uPhilip Morris, esihlela ukwethula idivayisi yaso ye-iQOS eNdiya. Ngokusho kwabakwaReuters, uPhilip Morris usebenza kwa-
ukufika kohlelo lwayo lukagwayi oshisayo njengomkhiqizo wokunciphisa umonakalo ezweni.
Kodwa uMnyango Wezempilo ubucacile futhi ucela amazwe aseNdiya ukuthi 'aqinisekise' ukuthi i-ENDS (uhlelo lwe-electronic nicotine delivery) okuhlanganisa nogwayi we-elekthronikhi awusathengiswa, ukhiqizwa noma ungeniswa ezweni.
Ngokusho komnyango, lezi mishini beka engcupheni enkulu yezempilo emphakathini uwonke, ikakhulukazi izingane, intsha, abesifazane abakhulelwe nabesifazane abaseminyakeni yokuzala.".
Isikhulu esiphezulu sezempilo sithe uhulumeni " uthumele umlayezo oqinile mayelana nokulimala kwemikhiqizo yayo kubantu.
UKULAWULWA KWE-E-CIGARETTE KUSALINDIWE
Ngonyaka odlule, isakhamuzi saseNew Delhi safaka icala eNkantolo eNkulu yaseDelhi sifuna ukulawulwa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi. Ukuze kucaciswe izinto, inkantolo icele uMnyango Wezempilo Kahulumeni ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi ucacise usuku okufanele kumenyezelwe ngalo izinyathelo zokulawula.
« Icala lafakwa ukuze kugqanyiswe ukuntuleka ngokuphelele kwemithethonqubo. Manje kubalulekile ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo ezinqala zokuqaliswa" , kusho Bhuvanesh Sehgal, ummeli ozinze eDelhi.
Eminyakeni yamuva, uhulumeni waseNdiya uye waqinisa imizamo yakhe "yokulwa nogwayi", ikakhulukazi ngokukhuphula intela kagwayi kodwa futhi ngokuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi ezifundazweni eziningi.
