Engxoxweni no I-RTL, USolwazi Gérard Dubois, uMongameli Ohloniphekile we-Alliance Against Tobacco, uhlaziya izibalo zakamuva zokudayiswa kukagwayi.
IPHAKEJI LINGAKAPHAKATHI ELISEBENZA NGOKUXOXA
Ingabe iphakheji engathathi hlangothi, enezithombe zayo ezishaqisayo ngezinye izikhathi, iyasebenza ngempela? Cha, ngokwezibalo zakamuva ezinikezwe amasiko aseFrance. Ukulethwa kukagwayi kubagwayi ngekota yokuqala bekungaphezulu ngo-1,4% kunesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Kodwa ngasohlangothini loMnyango Wezempilo, zehlile izibalo zokudayiswa. Kunzima ukuzulazula kodwa lezi zibalo ezimbili ziyiqiniso ngokusho kukaprofesa Gerard Dubois, UMongameli Ohloniphekile we-Alliance Against Tobacco.
« Uma ubheka ukuthengiswa kukagwayi omkhulu okungenani ngoMashi, bekukhuphuke ngo-4,5%. Kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuMashi (ngekota yokuqala) banyuke ngo-1,4%. Kodwa uma uqhathanisa nonyaka odlule, kufanele uqhathanise ngenani elifanayo lezinsuku zokulethwa“, uyachaza. Uma sibheka inani elifanayo lezinsuku zokulethwa, siyabona ukuthi " ukuthengiswa kwehle kancane ngoMashi futhi kwehle ngo-1,7% kwikota yokuqala".
U-Gérard Dubois ugqamisa impumelelo yokwehla kokuthengiswa kwamaphakethe kagwayi okuzenzela wena. " Ngenani eliqhubekayo lezinsuku zokulethwa, lehle ngo-6,6%, kodwa yiyona ekhuphuke kakhulu ngentengo, ikakhulukazi ngoFebhuwari.“. Uthi futhi " izingcingo eziya kuTabac Info Service zikhuphuke ngo-50% ngoMashi".