Ukuthuthukiswa Okusha kumithethonqubo ye-Vaping yaseKentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -Umthetho omusha oshaywe wokulawula ukudayiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping eKentucky uye wasekelwa yijaji, kulandela icala eliphikisa ukuhambisana kwawo nomthethosisekelo.

Inkantolo inqume ukuthi lo mthetho usebenzisa "intshisekelo yezwe esemthethweni" futhi ungaphansi kwegunya le-General Assembly lokuvikela impilo nokuphepha komphakathi, njengoba kushiwo iJaji Lesifunda saseFranklin County uThomas Wingate ngoMsombuluko.

Isendlalelo Somthetho
Umthethonqubo omusha ukhawulela ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo yokuphefumula engagunyaziwe yiFood and Drug Administration (FDA). Lesi sinyathelo sihlose ukunqanda ukushushuluza kwentsha ngokugcina imikhiqizo engagunyaziwe ingekho ezitolo zaseKentucky. Ngeke kuthinte imikhiqizo egunyazwe i-FDA noma leyo engaphansi kwemithetho yechweba ephephile ye-FDA.

Umthetho, ophasiswe yisishayamthetho esibuswa yiRiphabhulikhi yaseKentucky futhi wasayinwa uMbusi weDemocratic Alliance u-Andy Beshear, uzoqala ukusebenza kusukela ngoJanuwari 2025.

Izinselelo zomthetho kanye nokubusa
Abadayisi beVape kanye nabanye abaphikisana nabo bafaka icala enkantolo, bethi lo mthetho wawunezinqumo futhi awuhambisani nomthethosisekelo. Bathi lokhu kudlula igunya likahulumeni futhi kwabeka amabhizinisi abo engozini. Kodwa-ke, iJaji Wingate lizichithile lezi zimangalo, lagomela ngokuthi ukulawula imikhiqizo eshisayo kuyisenzo esisemthethweni esigxile empilweni yomphakathi.

“Ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-nicotine kanye ne-vapor kulawulwa kakhulu kuzo zonke izifundazwe, futhi iNkantolo angeke ibuze izizathu eziqondile zesinqumo se-General Assembly sokulawula kanye nokukhawulela ukudayiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-nicotine kanye ne-vapor,” kusho iJaji Wingate.

Inhloso yomthetho kanye nemithelela yesikhathi esizayo
Lesi sinyathelo sethulwe nguRep. Rebecca Raymer wesifunda saseRiphabhulikhi ephendula ukukhathazeka mayelana nokusabalala kwe-vaping ezikoleni. URaymer uzwakalise ukwaneliseka ngesinqumo senkantolo, egcizelela indima yomthetho ekubhekaneni nobhubhane olusha phakathi kwentsha.

Amaphuzu Abalulekile

Ukuqinisa: Umthetho uqondise emikhiqizweni yokuphefumula engagunyaziwe ukunciphisa ukufinyelela kwentsha.
Umphumela Wezomthetho: Ijaji lawusekela umthetho, lachitha izimangalo zokuphambana nomthethosisekelo.
Ukugxila Kwezempilo Yomphakathi: Umthethonqubo uthathwa njengobalulekile empilweni nokuphepha kwezakhamizi zaseKentucky.

Isiphetho
Umthetho omusha waseKentucky umele isinyathelo esibalulekile ekulawuleni imikhiqizo yokukhipha umphunga, ukulinganisa izithakazelo zezempilo zomphakathi negunya lezomthetho. Njengoba umthetho uqala ukusebenza, umthelela wawo kumathrendi e-vaping kanye nemikhuba yabathengisi izoqashwa ngeso elibukhali.