Ngokwemithombo ethile, amazwe e-European Union alungiselela ukukhokhisa intela ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ngesisekelo esifanayo nogwayi wendabuko. NgoLwesihlanu zingama-26 kuFebhuwari, amanxusa aMazwe Angamalungu amukele isinyathelo sokuqala kule ntela ngokucela iKhomishini YaseYurophu ukuthi ibhale " isiphakamiso somthetho esifanele ngo-2017.
Lo msebenzi ngokujwayelekile kufanele ugunyazwe ngaphandle kwezingxoxo lapho ongqongqoshe bezezimali behlangana khona ngoMashi 8 olandelayo. Ngokutholakele Kohlaka loNgqongqoshe kuthiwa i-e-cigarettes, kanye neminye imikhiqizo kagwayi "entsha", ingabangela " ukungahambisani nokungaqinisekiemakethe uma behlala bengakhokhiswa intela. (Izindleko zempahla ethengiswayo ziyizintela ezingaqondile zokuthengiswa noma ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ethile. Lokhu kuvame ukuba yinani ngenani ngalinye lomkhiqizo, isb. nge-kg, nge-hl, ngezinga ngalinye lotshwala noma izingcezu eziyi-1, njll.)
Kuphinde kwashiwo ukuthi intela yempahla noma " enye intela ehlinzekwe ngokukhethekile” izinto ezintsha zikagwayi ezisekelwe kumhwamuko esikhundleni sentuthu zingasiza ekufinyeleleni “imigomo yezempilo yomphakathi". Lo msebenzi ohlelweni olusha lwentela kufanele ngokusobala ube njalo kwaqina "uma" ingxenye yale mikhiqizo emakethe ikhombisa ukuthambekela okukhuphukayo“. Ngamanye amazwi, i-amanani " izokwanda« .
Ukuze uthole ulwazi, ukuthengiswa komhlaba wonke kogwayi be-e-cigarette bekukhona € 7,5 billion ngonyaka odlule futhi abahlaziyi babikezela ukuthi kufanele bafinyelele ku-€46 billion ngo-2025 noma ngo-2030. Ngaphansi kwemithetho yamanje, wonke amazwe e-EU kufanele akhokhise intela yempahla ethengiswayo okungenani engu-57% emikhiqizweni kagwayi, azi ukuthi okwamanje yi-VAT ebekwe kuma-e-cigarettes (cishe ama-20%).
29 February, Isikhulu se-European Union sithe "yinto evamile" ukuthi intengo kagwayi we-e-cigarette inyuke ngemuva kokuhlangana kwekhomishini. Kokunye, Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukusho ukuthi imithelela yentela izoba namuphi umphumela 
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Abameli bezempilo yomphakathi abafana ne I-Cancer Research UK futhi I-European Heart Network besaba ukuthi ama-lobbyists ezinkampani azinaki isayensi. Mayelana ne-Ama-NGO amaningi ezempilo awanazo izikhundla ezithile ngogwayi we-elekthronikhi uma kubhekwa ukuthi masha kakhulu ocwaningweni oluphelele lwezinzuzo zesikhathi eside nobungozi. Ekugcineni, iI-European Network for Tobacco Use and Prevention, iqembu elizinze eBrussels, ifuna imithetho eqinile evela ku-EU.
Komkhulumeli wakhe, uDominick Nguyen: “ Asikhulumi ngokumelana nogwayi we-elekthronikhi, kodwa mayelana nokukhuthaza ucwaningo kanye nokuqoqwa kwedatha kagwayi we-elekthronikhi ukuze sikwazi ukwenza izinqumo ezinolwazi.« . the Isikhulu esiphezulu sakwaHoedeman ngasohlangothini lwakhe uthe: “ Ukuthi kungaba yinto exakile ukubeka i-e-cigarette esigabeni esifanayo nogwayi ngaphandle kokuba nedatha ethembekile yesayensi.".
Osekusele wukulinda, ngethemba lokuthi i-e-cigarette ngeke ikhokhiswe intela ngendlela efanayo nekagwayi. Njengamanje, ukuphikisana kwezomnotho kuyisici esibalulekile esinqumweni somuntu obhemayo ukuyeka ukubhema.
Umthombo : Euobserver.com
