Nevasvuti vanopfuura mamiriyoni 16, kusvuta muPhilippines idenda. Nekuda kweizvozvo, hurumende inofara kupasisa mutemo unorambidza kuputa vape. Maererano nenhamba dzichangobva kuitika, kusvuta ndicho chikonzero chikuru chenzufu dzinodzivisika munyika! Ergo, kana kuputa kuchidzorwa, kunosimudzira hutano hwemagariro huri nani
The Vapourized Nicotine and Non-nicotine Products Regulation Act, VNNP (Republic Act No. 11900), ichaderedza mwero wekuputa fodya munyika nekugadzirisa magadzirirwo, kupinza, kugovera, kurongedza, kutengesa, uye kushandiswa kwezvinhu zvinoputira. Maererano nenhamba, kusvuta kunouraya vanhu vangangoita 100,000 vekuPhilippines pagore. Zvakadaro, kubva Republic Act No. 11900 yakava mutemo musi wa25 Chikunguru 2022, nyanzvi dzehutano dzinotenda kuti huwandu huchadzikira.
The anti-smoking vape mutemo wakaunzwa musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 2016 se House Bill No. 3330 muna 17th Congress. The House Committee on Health, Trade, and Industry yakashanda sechikwata kuti zviitike. Paive nemisangano mitatu yekunzwa pfungwa dzevanhu pamwe nemisangano minomwe yeboka revashandi rekuti Bhiri rive mutemo. The House Bill 3 yakabvumidzwa musi wa7 Chivabvu 9007 iine 25 affirmatives, 2021 negatives, uye mana chete abstentions pa192rd uye yekupedzisira kuverenga. Musi wa34 Zvita 4, Seneti yakapasisa Seneti Bhiri 3 nemavhoti gumi nemapfumbamwe anotsigira, 14 negatives, uye maviri abstention mavhoti. Sezviri muChikamu 2021, Ndima I, uye Chinyorwa VI chebumbiro rePhilippines, Bhiri rakangogashidzwa rikava mutemo.
Kunyangwe humbowo hwesainzi hunoratidza kuti vaping haina kukuvadza pane kuputa fodya, ine zvakare mhedzisiro. Vanhu vazhinji vanosvuta zvakare, zvichiita kuti zviwedzere mukufamba kwenguva. Mutemo unorambidza kuputa vape unoderedza huwandu hwevanoputa kana kufa zvine chekuita nekuputa muPhilippine. Mutemo weVNNP uchadzivirira vadiki nevasingasvuti. Zvakaoma kuti vadiki vawane zvigadzirwa zvevaping nekuti mutemo unoenzana nezera repasi rekuwana mavhapesi nefodya munyika. Nezviyero zvakadaro, vanhu vakuru vanosvuta vane nzira dziri nani dzekusvuta. Sezvo kuputa fodya kuchikuvadza uye kuine mhedzisiro yakaipa kana ichienzaniswa nemhepo, ane makore 18 ekuberekwa anotenderwa zviri pamutemo kutenga fodya anogona kusarudza imwe nzira iri nani. Mutemo weVNNP wakachengetedza vana vadiki nekurambidza kupinda kwavo kana kunyengerwa muzvigadzirwa zvevapupu. Muchokwadi, Bhiri iri rine zvirango zvakaomarara kune wese anobatwa achityora zvirambidzo izvi.
Maererano neongororo yakaitwa neGlobal Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), 23.8% yevanhu vakuru vokuPhilippines vanosvuta, uye inopfuura 18.1% inoita avhareji yefodya 11 pazuva! Mutemo weVNNP unorambidza kutengeswa kwezvinhu zvakakwirira nicotine vape (zvigadzirwa zvine zvinopfuura 65 mg/ml nicotine) nekuti zvinopinda muropa uye zvinokuvadza. Kutanga, vanhu vakuru vekuPhilippines vanosvuta vanochinja kune imwe nzira isingakuvadzi kuderedza zvirwere zvine chekuita nekuputa nerufu mukufamba kwenguva.
Nehurombo, hazvizove nyore nekuti Philippines ine yakaderera kuputa chiyero che4%. Zvingaite sezvisingaite, asi hurumende yePhilippine yaita basa rakakura kudzikisa nzufu dzine chekuita nekuputa. Mutemo wekudzivirira kuputa vape chiitiko chakakosha nekuti ndiwo mutemo wekutanga wekurwisa kuputa wapasiswa munyika mumakumi emakore. Zvinoratidza kuti hondo yekupedza denda rekusvuta iri kubereka zvibereko shure kwezvose.
