BAT yatangije nikotine e-itabi muri koreya

Kuri uyu wa mbere, igihangange ku itabi ku isi Abongereza b'Abanyamerika b'itabi ryashyize ahagaragara ku mugaragaro icyuma cyitwa e-itabi gishingiye kuri nikotine, Nomad Sync 5000, muri Koreya y'Epfo, isoko rya mbere ku isi ryasohoye ibicuruzwa.

Nomad Sync 5000, iboneka muburyohe bwa "Purple" kandi igarura ubuyanja "Ubukonje", itanga puffs zigera ku 5.000 zifite amazi ya mililitiro 10 hamwe na nikotine ya 0,9%. Igiciro kigera kuri 17.000 won ($ 12), ubu ibicuruzwa biraboneka kumaduka ya vape mugihugu hose.

BAT Rothmans, ishami ry’isosiyete yo muri Koreya, yavuze ko ibicuruzwa byatangiriye muri Koreya ku rwego rw’igihugu.

Umukozi wa BAT Rothmans yagize ati: "Koreya y'Epfo nicyo gihugu cyonyine cya OECD aho ibicuruzwa bya nikotine ngengabihe bigengwa bitandukanye n'ibicuruzwa bya nikotine." Ati: “Iri tandukaniro ridasanzwe ritanga ibidukikije byiza byo guhanga udushya kandi bidufasha kumenyekanisha ibicuruzwa byujuje ubuziranenge bwo mu nganda.”

Mu mategeko agenga itabi muri Koreya muri iki gihe, gusa ibicuruzwa biva mu mababi y’itabi byashyizwe mu rwego rw’itabi, hasigara ibicuruzwa bya nikotine ngengabihe bisonewe imisoro, ibirango biburira ubuzima, kubuza kwamamaza, no kugurisha abana bato.

N'ubwo hari icyuho cy’amabwiriza, BAT Rothmans yashimangiye ko yubahiriza ku bushake amahame y’ibanze, harimo kwerekana imiburo y’ubuzima ndetse no kwerekana ko ibicuruzwa birinda urubyiruko.

Ikigo gishinzwe guteza imbere ubuzima muri Koreya kivuga ko mu myaka yashize, ibicuruzwa bya nikotine bya sintetike bimaze kugera ku isoko rikomeye ry’isoko rya e-gasegereti ryaho, bingana na 92.2 ku ijana by’itabi rya e-gasegereti yose mu 2022, aho ryavuye kuri 76% muri 2020. Ibicuruzwa bitumizwa mu mahanga nikotine nabyo byikubye kane mugihe kimwe, byerekana ubushake bukenewe.

Hagati aho, impungenge zigenda ziyongera ku bijyanye n’uburinganire bw’ibibazo ndetse n’ibibazo by’umutekano bishobora gutera abadepite bo mu mashyaka ari ku butegetsi ndetse n’abatavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi gutanga ibitekerezo by’ivugurura ry’amategeko, ahanini bigamije gushyira mu majwi nikotine - hatitawe ku nkomoko yayo - nk'ibintu bigengwa n'amategeko agenga itabi.

Minisiteri y’ubuzima n’imibereho nayo yazamuye impungenge. Muri raporo iherutse gushyikirizwa Inteko ishinga amategeko, yihanangirije ko ibicuruzwa bya nikotine ngengabihe bishobora kuba birimo imiti yangiza ikorwa mu gihe cy’inganda kandi igomba guhura n’amabwiriza asa n’ibicuruzwa bya nikotine.