Ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, okwamanje, ngenxa yenani elikhulu elingagunyaziweugwayi we-elekthronikhi olahlwayozingena emakethe yase-US, izinhlobo zikagwayi we-elekthronikhi othengiswa e-United States ziye zanda kakhulu zaba ngaphezu kuka-9,000.
I-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ithi yenqaba cishe amaphesenti angama-99 ezicelo zokumaketha ugwayi we-elekthronikhi futhi ivumela abambalwa kuphelai-e-cigaretteseqondiswe kwababhemayo abadala.Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi naphezu kwesifiso se-FDA sokulawula ngokuqinile imakethe ye-e-cigarette, ibe nomthelela omncane.Iningi lama-e-cigarette alahlwayo aqukethe ukunambitheka okumnandi nezithelo, okuwenza abe umkhiqizo odumile phakathi kwentsha.
Idatha yokuhlaziya ikhombisa ukuthi ngo-2022, okushibhile okulahlwayoi-e-cigarettesizobalelwa ku-40% wemakethe ye-e-cigarette yase-US, enosayizi wemakethe olinganiselwa ku-$7 billion.Njengamanje kunemikhiqizo ye-e-cigarette elahlwayo engaphezu kuka-5,800 enambitheka ehlukile emakethe, okuwukwanda okuphindwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kweshumi uma kuqhathaniswa nama-365 ekuqaleni kuka-2020.
Ngaphansi kwengcindezi yosopolitiki, abazali kanye nezinkampani ezinkulu ezikhipha umhwamuko, i-FDA isanda kukhipha izincwadi eziyisixwayiso ezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezithengisa imikhiqizo yomusi elahlwayo, ivimbela ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo ephula umoya.UBrian King, umqondisi we-FDA Tobacco Center, uthe i-FDA ayinyakazi ekuzimiseleni kwayo ukulwa nokungekho emthethweni.i-e-cigarettes.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-27-2023
