Ingabe inkinga ye-e-cigarette ingavela e-UK? I-Vape, indawo yokwamukela ugwayi kanye neqembu lephalamende… Indawo empunga ezinye izikhulu ezicela ukuyicacisa. Ngempela, kwakuceliwe ngokucacile ukuvimbela ama-lobbyists ukuhola amakomiti ase-Westminster anethonya.
I-UKVIA AYIHLOSIWE NGENXA YOMALI EVELA IQEMBU LEPHALAMENDE!
Abagqugquzeli abamele izinkampani zikagwayi akufanele bavunyelwe ukuthi bahole ikomidi elinamandla laseWestminster, kuxwayise lowo owayebhekelele izindinganiso. UMnu Alistair Graham, owayengusihlalo wekomiti lezindinganiso empilweni yomphakathi, uthe kwakungafanele UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) ixhasa ngezimali iqembu lasephalamende okufanele libenze baphendule.
Ucele ukuthi kubuyekezwe imithetho elawula amaqembu ephalamende ahlanganisa wonke amaqembu ukuze kuvinjwe abagqugquzeli ukuthi bathenge ithonya kuhulumeni. Amalungu eqembu le-e-cigarette cross-party nawo agxekwe ngokwamukela imikhiqizo evela ezinkampanini zikagwayi, okuhlanganisa ne-Chelsea Flower Show kanye neNdebe Yomhlaba Yebhola lombhoxo.
Iqembu le-cross-party lasungulwa ngo-2014 yi-Conservative MP UMark Pawsey, owathi umkhakha “ ufuna ukuqhubeka nokucutshungulwa nokuphenywa ngamaLungu ePhalamende“. Selokhu yasungulwa, i-e-cigarette APPG ibiqhutshwa yiqembu lokwamukela izivakashi elisebenzela uhlobo lwe-e-cigarette. I-E-Lites, okungeye-JTI (Japan Tobacco), kanye nenhlangano yokuhwebelana ngogwayi yangaleso sikhathi.
Iqembu lokwamukela izivakashi, elibizwa nge-ABZED, lichithe phakathi kuka-£6 no-£620 lisingatha ukwamukela okubili kwamaLungu ePhalamende nezivakashi zawo. I-UKVIA yathatha izintambo zokuphatha ihhovisi likanobhala ngo-8 futhi kuze kube manje selichithe phakathi kuka-£120 no-£2016 eqhuba iqembu le-e-cigarette lababambe iqhaza abaningi.
Izinkampani eziningi zikagwayi zihlala ebhodini le-UKVIA, kubandakanya Ugwayi waseMelika waseBrithani, I-Japan Tobacco International (JTI), Ama-Imperial Brands et UFiliphu Morris International. I-UKVIA yazise amalungu ayo ukuthi i-APPG e-cigarettes “ingxenye emaphakathi yokuphishekela i-ajenda yezepolitiki yemboni ye-vaping".
Umbiko wabo wakamuva wonyaka uziqhayisa ngalokhu okulandelayo: “Amalungu e-UKVIA abambe iqhaza kuthebula eliyindilinga kuyo yonke imihlangano yeqembu kulo nyaka", enezela ukuthi amalungu abo abe"yasiza ukuhlela imihlangano emine ehanjelwe ofakazi abahlukene ababalulekile futhi yethula umbiko obalulekile".
Umbiko ovela kwiQembu Lababambiqhaza Bonke mayelana ne-Vaping, okhishwe ngoNovemba, uncoma ukuthi abaqashi bavumele abantu ukuthi babhace ezindaweni zabo zokusebenza ezindaweni eziqokiwe. Uphinde athi iziNdlu zePhalamende kufanele zibe indawo evumela ukuhwamuka, njengengxenye yemizamo yokwenza ukuvuza kwamukeleke kakhulu emsebenzini.
Ngaphezu kokumema ochwepheshe abavela I-Cancer Research UK futhi Ezempilo Zomphakathi e-England, iqembu le-e-cigarette lamaqembu wonke livumele abameleli bezinkampani zikagwayi eziningana ukuthi babambe iqhaza ekulalelweni, phakathi kwabanye, iBritish American Tobacco, Philip Morris Limited kanye neFontem Ventures.
INGABE KUKHONA OKUKULU OKUNGXHUMANA KWEZINHLOSO?
Simon Capewell, uprofesa wezempilo yomphakathi kanye nenqubomgomo eNyuvesi yaseLiverpool, wasola leli qembu ngokuthi “ gxila kuphela “kochwepheshe” abangompetha be-e-cigarette“. USir Alistair, onayo 
usihlalo wekomidi lezindinganiso empilweni yomphakathi kusukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2007, wathi ukuqhuba ithimba lamaqembu wonke kuyindlela yokuthi amaqembu akhuthazayo abe nomthelela kulabo abathatha izinqumo futhi alulaze ukwethembeka kwabo.
« Bengilokhu ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngamaqembu ezimboni axhasa nge-MSG njengoba kusobala ukuthi anesandla esikhulu emphumeleni walelo qembu.", etshela i-Daily Telegraph. " Ngokungangabazeki babophekile ukubathonya ngendlela ezozuzisa imboni yabo futhi bandise inzuzo yabo. »
Ama-MSG anelungelo lokuba nezinhlangano zangaphandle zisebenze njengamanobhala, okudingeka ukuthi zimemezele kuRejista Yezintshisekelo, kanye neminikelo engaphezu kuka-£5. Uqhube wathi kumele kubuyekezwe imithetho yokuxhaswa kwamaqembu ahlukene, wengeza ngokuthi uxhaso lwephalamende “ ziqinisekise ukuzimela kwazo".
Amanye amalungu aleli qembu lezinhlaka ezahlukene asezemukele imali yokumela izinkampani zikagwayi, azwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokushayisana kwemibono.
UMnu. Pawsey, usihlalo weqembu, wamukele amathikithi omdlalo weNdebe Yomhlaba Yebhola lombhoxo engabiza £1 avela I-Japan Tobacco International (JTI), ngaphambi kokudumisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi e-House of Commons ngoDisemba olandelayo.
Isekela le Glyn Davies wamukele amathikithi avela ku-JTI e-Chelsea Flower Show ngo-2014 abiza u-£1. Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, waba ngomunye wamalungu ePhalamende okuqala ukujoyina iqembu le-cross-party ngogwayi we-elekthronikhi futhi namuhla usengunobhala weqembu.
ILUNGU LEPHALAMENDE UStephen Metcalfe, ilungu le-APPG lango-2016-2017, liphinde lazamukela amathikithi e-Chelsea Flower Show akhe nomkakhe avela e-JTI abiza u-£1 ngo-132,80.
Uthi yena: Ngicabanga ukuthi i-vaping inendima ebalulekile okufanele iyidlale ekusizeni ababhemayo bayeke ukubhema, ukuthuthukisa impilo yomphakathi kule nqubo." , uyanezela " Angikaze ngamukele noma yiliphi ibhizinisi lenkampani kagwayi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi futhi angizimisele ukwenza kanjalo esikhathini esizayo. »
John Dunne, uMqondisi we-UKVIA, uthe: “Iqembu lababambe iqhaza abaningi lilalela isibalo esikhulu sofakazi, abavikeli futhi likhiphe imibiko etholakala mahhala. Izinsizakalo zikanobhala ze-UKVIA zeqembu zimenyezelwa ngendlela edingekayo. "Engeza"I-UKVIA ibeka obala mayelana noxhaso lwayo kanye namalungu ayo futhi kungokwemvelo ukuthi inhlangano eholayo yochwepheshe kufanele inikeze izinsiza zonobhala isihloko samaqembu ababambiqhaza abaningi.»
