Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika usanda kumemezela ukuthi uzokhokhisa intela yentela emikhiqizweni ye-e-cigarette, ezoqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 1, 2023.
Intela ehlongozwayo kagwayi we-elekthronikhi, eyingxenye yephakethe lentela kahulumeni kagwayi, utshwala nemikhiqizo enoshukela omningi, yakhishwa ukuze umphakathi uphawule ngayo ngonyaka odlule futhi izofakwa esichibiyelweni sekhodi yentela ngo-2022, ngokusho kwezezimali. Ungqongqoshe Enoch Gordwana.
NgoZibandlela odlule, uMnyango wezeziMali eNingizimu Afrika ukhiphe umqulu onamakhasi angama-32 othi uhulumeni ucubungula intela kagwayi we-elekthronikhi kanye nemikhiqizo ekhipha umoya bese uzama ukuthola ukuphawula komphakathi.510 intambo yebhethri, i-glass bubbler vape, i-vape elahlwayo, njll.
Selokhu wakhululwa, lo mbhalo sekuxoxwe ngawo kabanzi futhi ukhathazeke kakhulu emphakathini waseNingizimu Afrika.
Azikho izinyathelo eziqondile zokulawula ugwayi we-elekthronikhi kanye nemikhiqizo ye-vape eNingizimu Afrika ngaphambili, futhi kunezintuba ezinkulu namagebe ohlelweni lukazwelonke lokuqoqwa kwentela kanye nokuphatha.
Ekupheleni kukaFebhuwari, uGordwana uthumele isitatimende sesabelomali sokuqala sikaMgcinimafa sika-2022 ephalamende.i-e-cigaretteintela yempahla izosebenza kuyo yonke imikhiqizo ewuketshezi ye-e-cigarette, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iqukethe i-nicotine noma cha, futhi izobiza okungenani u-R2.9 ngemililitha.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, intela yempahla yotshwala nogwayi izokwenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-4.5 kuya ku-6.5.Imboni kagwayi kagesi yaqala ukukhononda, ithi intela kagwayi we-elekthronikhi ingadikibalisa ababhemayo ukuthi bayeke ugwayi wendabuko, oyingozi kakhulu kuneugwayi wesintu.
UMnyango wezeziMali uqale wakhipha isiphakamiso kwaze kwaba nguJanuwari 25, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi welula umnqamulajuqu waba nguFebhuwari 7 njengoba isiphakamiso sidinga ukulungiswa. U-Asanda Gkoi, oyisikhulu esiphezulu seSouth African Vaping Industry Association, uthe akulungile ukuthi le nhlangano, imele abakhiqizi, abadayisi kanye nabangenisa impahla ngaphandle, bebengakanikezwa isaziso ngesiphakamiso nokuthi bafunde ngaso ezindabeni.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-30-2022
