Iimveliso ze-e-cigarette zikaJuul = iReuters

[ENew York = uHiroko Nishimura] Umenzi we-e-cigarette wase-US uJules Labs ubhengeze ukuba uye walungisa amatyala angama-5,000 afakwe ngabamangali abavela kumazwe amaninzi, oomasipala kunye nabathengi.Izenzo zoshishino ezifana nokukhushulwa okujoliswe kubantu abatsha batyholwa ngokuba negalelo kubhubhani wokusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarette phakathi kwabancinci.Ukuze iqhubeke neshishini, inkampani yachaza ukuba iya kuqhubeka nokuxoxa ngamatyala aseleyo.

Iinkcukacha zesivumelwano, kubandakanywa isixa semali yokuhlawula, azikachazwa.“Sele siyifumene inkunzi efunekayo,” utshilo uJoule malunga nokuhlawula ityala.

Kwiminyaka yakutshanje eUnited States, abantwanaicuba le-elektronikiUkuxhaphaka kokusetyenziswa kwayo kuye kwaba yingxaki yoluntu.Ngokophando lwakutsha nje olwenziwa yi-US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) kunye ne-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), malunga ne-14% yabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo zase-US bathi bakhe batshaya i-e-cigarette phakathi kukaJanuwari noMeyi 2022. . .

UJoule nguyeicuba le-elektronikiEkuqaleni kokuphehlelelwa kwayo, inkampani yandise uluhlu lwayo lweemveliso ezinencasa ezinje ngeedesserts kunye neziqhamo, kunye nentengiso eyandisiweyo ngokukhawuleza ngokunyusa intengiso ejolise kubantu abancinci.Ukusukela ngoko, nangona kunjalo, le nkampani iye yajongana nothotho lwamatyala kulo lonke elase-United States, ityhola ukuba iindlela zayo zokuthengisa kunye nezenzo zoshishino zakhokelela ekusasazeni ukutshaya phakathi kwabantwana.Ngo-2021, wavuma ukuhlawula intlawulo ye-40 yezigidi zeedola (malunga ne-5.5 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni) kunye nelizwe laseNorth Carolina.NgoSeptemba 2022, yavuma ukuhlawula i-438.5 yezigidi zeerandi kwiintlawulo zokuhlala kunye ne-33 states kunye nePuerto Rico.

I-FDAuvalwe ukuthengiswa kweemveliso ze-e-cigarette zikaJuul e-United States ngoJuni, echaza iinkxalabo zokhuseleko.UJuul wafaka isimangalo kwaye isigwebo sanqunyanyiswa okwethutyana, kodwa ukuqhubeka kweshishini lenkampani kuya kungaqiniseki ngakumbi.