Musi waChivabvu 17, 2022, musangano wepagore weE-Cigarette Summit wakaitirwa muWashington, DC, nevatsvagiri, vamiriri vevatengi, vanodzora, vadzidzi, vape shop varidzi, uye vatungamiriri veindasitiri vachifarira chiitiko ichi.
Musangano uyu wakapa veruzhinji mukana usingawanzo kubvunza Food and Drug Administration (FDA's) vakuru vepamusoro-soro nezvemitemo yevape. Vanhu vakawanda vanenge vasingachavimbi nesangano iri nekusabuda pachena.
Mukuru wehofisi yesainzi paCentre for Tobacco Products yesangano iri, Matthew Holman, pamwe nemukuru weHealth Communication and Education, Kathleen Crosby, vakapopoterwa apo vaivepo vaivavhuvhuta nemibvunzo panguva yezvirongwa zveQ&A. Vazhinji vakapinda vaida kuziva kuti sei FDA yakaramba ichitaura zvisina kunaka nezve "kuenderera kwenjodzi" - dzidziso yekuti zvimwe zvigadzirwa zvechikakananda zvakachengeteka kupfuura zvimwe.
Zvikamu zvizhinji zvepurogiramu yemasikati zvakabata nyaya iyi. Mubvunzo mukuru waive wekuti sei FDA yakaramba ichizivisa veruzhinji zvisirizvo nezve e-fodya, asi yakanga yabvumidza zvimwe zvigadzirwa zvemhute kuburikidza neinonetsa uye inoshoropodzwa zvakanyanya nePMTA maitiro.
Mukutaura kwavo, Vaughan Rees, director weHarvard Center yeFodya Kudzora, naDavid Ashley, aimbova director weHofisi yeSainzi kuCTP, vakabvuma kuti vaping ndiyo yakanaka kupedza kuputa fodya nemhedzisiro yacho.
A vape shop muridzi anorwara kubva kuMichigan, Marc Slis, akapa hurukuro ine shungu achitsanangura kuti FDA's bureaucracy inoitirwa sei kukurudzira vanhu vakuru kuti vadzokere kumidzanga. Mumwe mutauri, Dr. Jasjit Ahluwalia, nyanzvi yezvehutano hweveruzhinji, akataura mashoko a tsvakurudzo izvo zvakaratidza kuti 60% yevanachiremba muUS vanotenda kuti chikakananda chinokonzera cancer. Mukutumira, chiremba akasimbisa kuti FDA haisi kurwisa nhema; pachinzvimbo, iri kupawo kwairi.
Akashandisa muenzaniso weFDA's youth prevention campaign yaibatanidza kubviswa chikakananda nekuora mwoyo uye kushushikana kwenguva pfupi seruzivo rwumwe rukuru rwusiri rwechokwadi nekuti veruzhinji vangatanga kufunga kuti chikakananda chinokonzera mamiriro aya zvakananga.
Crosby akapindura kuti dhipatimendi rake rinongobatanidza kushushikana kwenguva pfupi uye kunetseka nekurega, kwete nicotine pachayo. Kune izvi, Dr. Ahluwalia vakakurudzira sangano iri kuti riise meseji yaro nemazvo.
Aichimbova mutungamiriri weUnited Kingdom’s Action on Smoking and Health, Clive Bates, akawedzerawo inzwi rake pakukakavadzana achiti chikakananda chinogona kurapa kufunganya uye kuora mwoyo pane kuzvikonzera. Akawana FDA iine mhosva yekuwedzeredza njodzi kuti iwane shanduko yainoda. Mukutevedzana kwemibvunzo, akataura kuti FDA, kuburikidza nekusiiwa kana komisheni, iri kuzivisa vechidiki zvisizvo kuti kuputika kunokuvadza sekuputa kuti vadzivise kushandisa zvigadzirwa zvevape. Akapindurwa nenyanzvi yezvehutano uye purofesa wepfungwa, Dr. Kevin Gray, uyo akataura kuti nicotine haisi nzira yakanaka yekugadzirisa manzwiro iwayo ekukuvadzwa.
Kunyangwe vateereri nevamiriri vaitarisira kukurukurirana kwakazaruka, kunovaka, kuvhiringidzika kwacho kwaioneka. Imwe ye vape shop varidzi, Slis, vakashora maitiro ePMTA vakamira pedyo naHolman. Nekudaro, Holman akaramba achitaura kuti FDA inogona chete kudzora izvo zvavanorairwa nemutemo.
Vakadzivirira zvakaitwa nesangano iri, vachinongedzera kuCongress uko kunonyorwa mutemo. Akaratidza kuti FDA inoshandisa masimba pamusoro pezvigadzirwa izvo Congress inovaraira uye kuti agency inongoshandisa mutemo wakapihwa nevanodzika mutemo.
Bates akabvumirana kusvika padanho rakasimudzwa, asi akapokana zvakare kuti FDA ine mvumo yekududzira mitemo uye kuona mashandisirwo ayo. Holman akatsanangura kuti mutemo unovaganhurira pane zvekutaura, maitirwo, uye mataurirwo azvo pachena. Zvinoita sezviri kunetsa kuti vakuru ava vataure zvinotarisirwa neveruzhinji kuti vataure.
