Asikho isihe sokushushuluza eThailand! Naphezu kwamathemba akamuva ngale ndaba, izwe linqume ukunamathela esimeni salo sokuvimbela zonke izinhlobo zikagwayi we-elekthronikhi kanye nokuthengiswa nokungeniswa kwale mikhiqizo ezweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-cannabis ayivunyelwe.
UMUGQA OLUNZIMA, ISINQUMO ESINGAKHO OMTHETHO!
Ungqongqoshe Wezempilo Yomphakathi I-Anutin Charnvirakul kuboniswe ngesikhathi Inkomfa Kazwelonke Yama-20 Yogwayi Nezempilo ukuthi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi nezinye izindlela ezintsha zokubhema ugwayi zazimelela ingozi efihliwe emphakathini, ikakhulukazi kubantu abasha kanye nentsha.
Ubalule ucwaningo olwenziwa yiNational Bureau of Statistics of Thailand ngo-2021 olwaveza ukuthi ngaphezu kwengxenye yama-vaper acishe abe ngu-80,000 eThailand bekuyintsha ephakathi kweminyaka eyi-15 nengama-24.
"Umphumela walolu cwaningo ufakazela ukuthi i-e-cigarettes idale ababhemayo abasha, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabantu abasha kakhulu. Baqala ukubhema besebancane, ngokushesha, futhi maningi amathuba okuba bathonywe intuthu kagwayi, enomthelela omubi emphakathini, emnothweni nasendaweni ezungezile.” kusho u-Anutin.
UNgqongqoshe uphinde wakhumbula ukuthi uMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi, njengengxenye yohlelo lwawo lokuphatha lweminyaka emithathu, awukaze usekele futhi wenqabele ngokuqinile ukusetshenziswa nokungeniswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vape ngazo zonke izinhlobo zayo.
"Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izikhangiso ze-vaping zithi azinangozi futhi azinangozi empilweni, uMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi awuzikholelwa lezi zizathu futhi awusekeli ugwayi we-e-cigarette nganoma iyiphi indlela. Kodwa bonke abantu esibabona be-vaping empeleni basebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ongenisiwe ngokungemthetho. Izikhulu kumele zithathele izephulamthetho izinyathelo ngendlela ehlelekile. Ukuthathwa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping kuzoqhubeka ukuze kuvinjwe ukuthengiswa kwayo ku-inthanethi nasezimakethe ezimnyama." wanezela.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abagxeki abaku-inthanethi baveza ukuthi iThailand isanda kukhipha insangu njengomthetho kodwa isaqhubeka nokuthatha umugqa oqinile wokulwa ne-vaping ne-shisha.
