Kurambidza kutengeswa kwe menthol mudzanga zvingangotungamira kudzikiswa zvine mutsindo mukuputa, maererano nebepa idzva muNicotine & Tobacco Research, rakabudiswa neOxford University Press.
Vamiriri vehutano vane hanya nezve menthol nekuti kutonhora kwechinhu chinovhara hukasha hwefodya, zvichiita kuti zvive nyore diki vanhu kuti vatange kusvuta. Ongororo yapfuura yakawanawo kuti menthol iri mufodya inoita kuti zvive nyore kuti vanoputa vatore chikakananda, izvo zvinoguma nekutsamira kukuru. Sekureva kwevatsoropodzi, vanoputa menthol vanoomerwawo nekusiya kusvuta kana zvichienzaniswa nevanoputa fodya isiri menthol.
Kuwanda kwekushandiswa kwefodya ye menthol pakati pevaputa fodya inosiyana pasi rose. Inenge 7.4 muzana yevanosvuta muEurope vanoshandisa midthol yefodya. Zvisinei, muUnited States, vanhu vakuru vanosvuta vanosvika 43.4 muzana vakashandisa mudzanga uyu muna 2020. Midzanga ine kunaka uku haishandiswe zvisizvo. diki vanhu, verudzi/madzinza madiki, uye vanoputa vanotambira mari shoma. Inenge 81 muzana yevasiri veSpanish Black vanoputa muUS vanoshandisa fodya, zvichienzaniswa ne34 muzana yevachena vanoputa. Maguta anodarika zana nemakumi manomwe emuAmerica nyika mbiri, nenyika dzakawanda dzinosanganisira Canada, Ethiopia, neEuropean Union dzakarambidza kutengeswa kwefodya iyi.
Vatsvakurudzi pano vakayera migumisiro yemitemo iyi. Vaongorori vakaita tsvakiridzo yakarongeka yezvidzidzo zvakaburitswa muChirungu kusvika munaNovember kuti vaone kuti menthol inorambidzwa sei kuchinja maitiro ekuputa. Vatsvakurudzi vakabatanidzwa muchidzidzo ichi vakatarisa zvidzidzo zvekutanga makumi manomwe nesere, kunyanya kubva kuCanada, European Union neUnited States.
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Chidzidzo ichi chinoona kuti mhedzisiro yekurambidzwa kwe menthol yakakura. Migumisiro yacho inoratidza kuti nepo 50 muzana yevasvuti vementhol vakachinjira kukusvuta fodya isiri methol, chinenge chikamu chimwe muzvina (24 muzana) chavasvuti vemidzanga iyi vakarega kusvuta zvachose pashure pokurambidzwa kwementhol. Vamwe 12 muzana vakachinjira kune zvimwe zvinogadzirwa nefodya inonaka, uye 24 muzana vakaramba vachisvuta midthol. Chidzidzo ichi zvakare chinowona kuti kurambidzwa kwenyika menthol kunoratidzika kunge kunoshanda kupfuura kurambidzwa kwenharaunda kana yehurumende menthol, sezvo mitengo yekusiya yaive yakakwira munzvimbo dzine kurambidzwa kwenyika.
"Ongororo iyi inopa humbowo hwakasimba hweUS Food and Drug Administration yakarambidzwa kurambidza fodya ye menthol," akadaro munyori anotungamira webepa, Sarah Mills, mukutaura. "Muna Zvita 2023 White House yakamisa kurambidza fodya ye menthol. Ongororo yedu yehumbowo inoratidza kunonoka uku kuri kukonzera kukanganisa kuhutano hweveruzhinji, kunyanya pakati penharaunda dzeVatema. Kusiyana nezvinotaurwa neindasitiri, zvidzidzo hazviwani kuwedzera kwekushandiswa kwezvigadzirwa zvisiri pamutemo. Kurambidzwa kwefodya ye menthol kwaizopa mabhenefiti makuru kune Vatema vanoputa. Somuuyo wokutengesa kwakanangidzirwa neindasitiri yefodya, nhasi 4 voga voga muvashanu vasvuti veVatema vanoshandisa midthol yefodya.”
