E-Scotland, umthetho uyathuthukiswa ukuze kuvinjelwe ukudayiswa nokusabalalisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi olahlwayo ngo-Ephreli 1, 2025. Lesi sinyathelo silandela ukubonisana kwe-UK yonke ngonyaka odlule, okubangelwa isivumelwano phakathi kohulumeni abahlukene kanye ne-Westminster. Lo mthetho, okumanje uvulelwe ukubonisana nomphakathi kuze kube umhla ziyisi-8 kuNdasa, wakhela phezu kwamandla angaphansi koMthetho Wokuvikelwa Kwemvelo we-1990.
Inhloso yalesi sinyathelo ikabili: ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-vaping kubantu abangabhemi kanye nentsha, kuyilapho kubhekwana nomthelela wemvelo wemfucuza ekhiqizwa yile mikhiqizo. Ngempela, ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-26 e-cigarettes elahlwayo iye yadliwa futhi yalahlwa eScotland ngonyaka odlule, ibeka engcupheni impilo yomphakathi kuphela kodwa nakwezemvelo, okuhlanganisa nokwandisa ingozi yomlilo ezindaweni zokuhlanza imfucuza kanye nezimoto zokuqoqa. ngenxa yamabhethri aqukethe.
UNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho Oyindilinga u-Lorna Slater uye wagqamisa ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni waseScotland ekwenzeni ngcono inhlalakahle yemiphakathi kanye nokuvikela imvelo. USheila Duffy, isikhulu esiphezulu senhlangano elwa nokubhema i-Ash Scotland, ubize lezi zinhlelo “njengegxathu elikhulu eliya phambili” lokubhekana nokwenyuka okushaqisayo kwe-vaping phakathi kwezingane kanye nentsha eScotland.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uHulumeni waseScotland futhi uhlela ukukhulisa iminyaka esemthethweni yokuthenga ugwayi, okwenza kube semthethweni kunoma ubani ozelwe ngemva kukaJanuwari 1, 2009 ukuthenga imikhiqizo kagwayi. Isilinganiso siyingxenye yomthetho we-UK yonkana, odinga isiphakamiso semvume yomthetho e-Scotland.
Lesi sinyathelo sibonisa ukukhathazeka okwandayo mayelana nokuthandwa okukhulayo kwe-vaping phakathi kwentsha, iningi layo elingakaze likucabange ukubhema ngaphambilini. Nakuba osikilidi be-elekthronikhi abashajwayo besatholakala, kanye namanye amathuluzi okuyeka ukubhema njengamapheshana e-nicotine nemithi, inhloso ngokusobala iwukukhawulela ukufinyelela emikhiqizweni elahlwayo ekhanga kakhulu abantu abasha.
Umbiko kaHulumeni waseScotland ngoJuni wathola ukuthi u-22% wabaneminyaka engaphansi kwe-18, noma abantu abasha abangaba ngu-78, basebenzise ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ngonyaka odlule, futhi ukusetshenziswa kwanda kakhulu kunogwayi wendabuko phakathi kwaleli qembu.
Lesi sinyathelo siyingxenye yochungechunge lwezenzo zangaphambilini kusetshenziswa uMthetho Wokuvikelwa Kwemvelo ka-1990 ukuvimbela izinto ezifana nama-microbeads, ama-swabs kakotini namapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye, kugcizelela ukuzibophezela okuqhubekayo kwe-'Scotland ekuvikelweni komphakathi kanye nokuvikelwa kwemvelo ...
