I-BAT iqala nge-synthetic nicotine e-cigarettes e-Korea

Isikhondlakhondla sikagwayi emhlabeni wonke iBritish American Tobacco ngoMsombuluko sethule ngokusemthethweni ugwayi we-e-cigarette wokwenziwa we-nicotine, iNomad Sync 5000, eSouth Korea, okuyimakethe yokuqala emhlabeni ukukhipha lo mkhiqizo.

I-Nomad Sync 5000, etholakala ngama-flavour amnandi “E-Purple” futhi aqabulayo “Abandayo”, inikela ngokufutha okungafika kwangu-5,000 okunomthamo woketshezi wamamililitha ayi-10 kanye nokugxiliswa kwe-nicotine okungamaphesenti angu-0.9. Intengo elinganiselwa ku-17,000 won ($12), umkhiqizo usuyatholakala ezitolo ze-vape ezweni lonke.

I-BAT Rothmans, inkampani engaphansi kwenkampani yaseKorea, ithe umkhiqizo wokuqala waseKorea uhlobene nohlaka lokulawula lwezwe.

"INingizimu Korea ukuphela kwezwe le-OECD lapho imikhiqizo ye-nicotine yokwenziwa ilawulwa ngokuhlukene nemikhiqizo yemvelo ye-nicotine," kusho isikhulu se-BAT Rothmans. "Lo mehluko oyingqayizivele uhlinzeka ngendawo ekahle yokuqamba izinto ezintsha futhi usivumela ukuthi sethule imikhiqizo ehlangabezana namazinga aphezulu embonini."

Ngaphansi kwemithetho yamanje kagwayi yase-Korea, imikhiqizo ethathwe emakhasini kagwayi kuphela ehlukaniswa njengogwayi, okushiya imikhiqizo ye-nicotine yokwenziwa ingakhokhiswa izintela, amalebula ezixwayiso zezempilo, imikhawulo yokukhangisa, nemikhawulo yokuthengisa ezinganeni.

Naphezu kwaleli gebe lokulawula, i-BAT Rothmans igcizelele ukuthobela kwayo ngokuzithandela izindinganiso zendawo, okuhlanganisa ukubonisa izexwayiso zezempilo kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukumaketha kugwema ukukhanga kwentsha.

Eminyakeni yamuva nje, imikhiqizo ye-nicotine yokwenziwa ithole isisekelo esiqinile emakethe yendawo ye-e-cigarette ewuketshezi, ebalwa ngamaphesenti angama-92.2 awo wonke ugwayi we-e-uketshezi ngo-2022, isuka kumaphesenti angama-76 ngo-2020, ngokusho kweKorea Health Promotion Institute. Ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwe-nicotine yokwenziwa nakho kuphindeke kane ngesikhathi esifanayo, okubonisa ukukhula kwesidingo.

Khonamanjalo, ukukhathazeka okukhulayo mayelana nokulawula ubulungisa kanye nezindaba zokuphepha ezingase zibe khona kushayela abenzi bomthetho bamaqembu abusayo namaqembu aphikisayo ukuthi baphakamise ukubuyekezwa kwezomthetho, okuhloswe kakhulu ukuhlukanisa i-nicotine -- kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isukaphi -- njengento elawulwayo ngaphansi kwemithetho yamanje kagwayi.

UMnyango Wezempilo Nenhlalakahle nawo uphakamise izinhlabamkhosi. Embikweni wakamuva othunyelwe kuMkhandlu Kazwelonke, uxwayise ngokuthi imikhiqizo ye-nicotine yokwenziwa ingaba namakhemikhali ayingozi akhiqizwa ngesikhathi sokukhiqiza futhi kufanele abhekane nemithethonqubo efanayo nemikhiqizo ye-nicotine yemvelo.