Uxhaxha lwezitolo ezinkulu zaseBrithani u-Waitrose useyekile ukuthengisailahlwa e-cigaretteimikhiqizo ngenxa yethonya layo elibi emvelweni kanye nempilo yabantu abasha.
Ukuthandwa kwemikhiqizo efana nei-e-cigarettesliye lenyuka onyakeni odlule, ngokusetshenziswa kogwayi be-elekthronikhi kushaya irekhodi eliphezulu e-UK.Ngokombiko wakamuva, cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-4.3 basebenzisa i-e-cigarettes njalo.
Le nkampani ithe ayisakuthetheleli ukudayiswa kwemikhiqizo elahlwayo futhi iyekile ukudayisa izinhlobo ezimbili zikagwayi we-elekthronikhi.
“Isenzo sethu siza phakathi kwemibiko yokuthi ukwanda kwabantu ababengabhemi kudala ukukhula kwezimakethe,” kusho isitatimende.
UWaitrose uthe bayisusile imikhiqizo equkethe i-lithium ebikade idayiswa ngaphansi kwelebuli ye-Ten Motives.
UCharlotte Di Cello, umqondisi wezohwebo kule nkampani, uthe: “Singumthengisi owenza into efanele, ngakho ngeke sikuthethelele ukudayiswa kwempahla.ama-e-cigarette alahlwayouma kubhekwa umthelela emvelweni kanye nempilo yabantu abasha.
“Sinqume ukuthi akulungile ukuqoqa imishini enemibala egqamile ekhula ngokushesha, ngakho lesi sinqumo siwucezu lokugcina esinqumweni sethu esicacile sokungabi yingxenye yeqembu.ilahlwa e-cigarette emakethe.”
Alukho olunye uxhaxha lwezitolo ezinkulu zase-UK ezimemezele esidlangalaleni ukuthi zizothatha isinyathelo esifanayo.
Izibalo ezivela ku-ONS ngenyanga edlule zibonise ukuthi inani lababhemayo baseBrithani lehle lafika ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu ngo-2021, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokwenyuka kwe-vaping.
Amadivaysi e-Vaping afanai-e-cigarettesbaye babamba iqhaza elikhulu ekwehliseni izinga lokubhema e-UK, kusho i-ONS.
Nokho, yengeze ngokuthi ingxenye yabasebenzisi baka-e-cigarette yayiphakeme kakhulu phakathi kwababhemayo bamanje ku-25.3%, uma kuqhathaniswa no-15% phakathi kwabantu ababekade bebhema.Bangu-1.5% kuphela abantu abangakaze babheme abathi bake bavapa.
Ugwayi we-elekthronikhi uthathwa njengoyingozi kakhulu kunokubhema, kodwa isinyathelo siyadingeka ukuze kubhekwane nokwenyuka okukhulu kokusetshenziswa kwe-vaping kwezingane, ngokusho kokubuyekezwa okukhulu kwemikhiqizo ye-nicotine.
Nakuba kungekho emthethweni ukudayisai-e-cigaretteskubantu abaneminyaka engaphansi kweyi-18, ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi ukukhuphuka kwemfucuza kwezingane kukhule ngendlela emangalisayo kule minyaka emihlanu edlule, kanti u-16% wabaneminyaka engu-16 kuya kwengu-18 ubudala uthi bavape.liphindeke kabili ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezedlule, ngokusho kwe-Action on Smoking and Health.
I-Elf Bar, enye yemikhiqizo ehamba phambili yeama-e-cigarette alahlwayo, phambilini kwatholakala ukuthi yephule imithetho ngokukhangisa imikhiqizo yayo kubantu abasha ku-TikTok.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-03-2023
