Ungqongqoshe wezempilo waseBrithani wethule inkulumo: uzogqugquzela ngenkuthalo ugwayi we-elekthronikhi kwababhemayo

Ungqongqoshe wezempilo waseBrithani wethule inkulumo: uzogqugquzela ngenkuthalo ugwayi we-elekthronikhi kwababhemayo

Muva nje, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waseBrithani uNeil O'Brien wethule inkulumo eyisihluthulelo ngokulawulwa kukagwayi, esho lokhoi-e-cigarettesiyithuluzi elinamandla lokuyeka ugwayi.National “smoke free” (okungabhemi) umgomo.

Okuqukethwe yinkulumo kushicilelwe kusizindalwazi esisemthethweni sikahulumeni waseBrithani

Ugwayi ubeka umthwalo osindayo wezempilo nezomnotho e-UK.Izibalo zibonisa ukuthi ababili kwabathathu ababhemayo baseBrithani babulawa ugwayi.Nakuba ugwayi ungenisa imali ezuzisayo yentela, umonakalo wezomnotho umangalisa nakakhulu ngoba ababhemayo basengozini enkulu yokugula nokulahlekelwa imisebenzi kunabantu abangabhemi.Ngo-2022, imali engenayo yentela kagwayi yaseBrithani izoba ngamaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-11, kodwa inani eliphelele lezindleko zezimali zomphakathi ezihlobene nogwayi lizoba phezulu njengamaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-21, okuyimali ecishe iphindwe kabili yentela.“Ugwayi ungaletha izinzuzo zezomnotho, kodwa inganekwane ethandwayo.”Kusho uNeil O'Brien.

Ukuze usize ababhemayo bayeke ukubhema, uhulumeni waseBrithani wanquma ukukhuthaza ugwayi we-electronic.Inani elikhulu lobufakazi bocwaningo buqinisekisile ukuthi i-e-cigarettes ayinabungozi kakhulu kunogwayi.Ubufakazi bekhwalithi ephezulu obuvela ezinhlanganweni zezokwelapha ezigunyaziwe zamazwe ngamazwe njenge-Cochrane buyabonisa lokhoi-e-cigarettes ingasetshenziswa ukuyeka ukubhema, futhi umphumela ungcono kunokwelashwa esikhundleni se-nicotine.

Kodwa i-e-cigarettes ayinayo impikiswano.Mayelana nombuzo wokuthi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ungase uhehe izingane, u-Neil O'Brien uthe abanye ogwayi be-elekthronikhi abalahlwayo abanemibala egqamile, amanani aphansi namaphethini opopayi badayiselwa izingane ngempela.Leyo yimikhiqizo engekho emthethweni, futhi uhulumeni usesungule ithimba lezindiza eliyisipesheli elizophenya nge-Strike kanzima.Lokhu akuhambisani nokukhuthaza kukahulumeni ukuthobela imithethoi-e-cigaretteskwababhemayo.

“I-e-cigarettes inkemba esika nhlangothi zombili.Sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuvimbela izingane ukuba zingachayeka ku-e-cigarettes, futhi sizosiza ngenkuthalo abantu abadala ababhemayo ukuthi basebenzise i-e-cigarette ukuze bayeke ukubhema.”Uthe.

UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo wase-UK uNeil O'Brien
Ngo-April 2023, uhulumeni waseBrithani wethula uhlelo lokuqala lomhlaba “lokushintsha ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ngaphambi kokuyeka ukubhema” lokwandisa izinga lempumelelo lokuyeka ukubhema ngokusabalalisa ugwayi wamahhala kwababhemayo.U-Neil O'Brien wethula ukuthi lolu hlelo luhambe phambili ekuhloleni ngempumelelo ezindaweni ezikhungethwe ubumpofu namazinga aphezulu okubhema.Okulandelayo, uhulumeni uzohlinzeka mahhalai-e-cigaretteskanye nochungechunge lokusekelwa kokuziphatha kwababhemayo baseBrithani abayisigidi.

Ababhemayo abaningi baseBrithani baphumelela ukuyeka ukubhema ngokusebenzisa i-vaping.Idatha ibonisa ukuthi emasontweni ambalwa nje ngemva kokuyeka ukubhema, amazinga okusebenza kwamaphaphu kwababhemayo aba ngcono ngo-10%, futhi ingozi yezifo ezifana nesifo senhliziyo nayo yehla kakhulu.Ukuyeka ukubhema kungase futhi konge cishe u-£2,000 ngonyaka kumuntu ngamunye obhemayo, okusho ukuthi ezindaweni ezintulayo kusho ukuthi amazinga okusetshenziswa kwendawo azokwenyuswa ngokuphumelelayo.

“I-e-cigarettes ingabamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekusizeni uhulumeni ukuthi afeze umgomo ka-2030 wokungabhemi.”UNeil O'Brien uthe ukusetshenziswa kwamanje kwei-e-cigarettesayisakazeki ngokwanele, futhi kudingeka izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuvumela ababhemayo abadala ukuba bashintshele ku-e-cigarettes ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka.babheme ngoba “bayeke ukubhema namuhla, ngeke balale esibhedlela ngonyaka ozayo”.