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NgoJulayi 8, ngokweengxelo zangaphandle, ijaji eWashington County yabhengeza ngoLwesibini ukuba ukuvalwa kwecuba elinencasa echaswa luninzi lwabavoti kwisithili bekungekaqalisi ukusebenza, kwaye yathi le dolophu ibingekakulungeli ukuyiphumeza.

Amagosa ezempilo eNqila athi akunjalo, kodwa avumile ukuba ngoku kufuneka avumele iimveliso zencasa ezingenamtsalane kulutsha ukuba ziqhubeke zithengiswa.

Le yeyona nto yamva nje kuthotho lwezithintelo apho idolophu yavala iimveliso zecuba ezinencasa okokuqala.

Ukuvalwa kokuqala kwaphunyezwa yiKomiti yaseWashington County ngoNovemba ka-2021 kwaye kucwangciselwe ukuqala ngoJanuwari kulo nyaka.

Kodwa abachasi bokuvalwa, bekhokelwa nguJonathan Polonsky, i-CEO ye-plaid pantry, baqokelele iisignesha ezaneleyo ukuze bazibeke kwivoti kwaye bavumele abavoti benze isigqibo ngoMeyi.

Abaxhasi bokuvalwa bachithe ngaphezulu kwe-1 yezigidi zeedola ukuyikhusela.Ekugqibeleni, abavoti eWashington County bakhethe kakhulu ukugcina ukuvalwa.

NgoFebruwari, phambi kwevoti, iinkampani ezininzi eWashington County zafaka amatyala ukuba zicele umngeni kwisenzo.Umphunga wokuzola, indawo yokuphumla yenkosi kunye neenkohliso ezitshisiweyo, ezimelwe ligqwetha uTony Aiello, baphikisana kwisimangalo ukuba babengamashishini asemthethweni kwaye baya kwenzakala ngokungafanelekanga ngemithetho nemimiselo yelizwe.

NgoLwesibini, iJaji yeSekethe yaseWashington u-Andrew Owen uvumile ukuwunqumamisa lo myalelo.Ngokutsho kuka-Owen, ingxabano ye-county yokugcina ukuvalwa xa umthetho ucelwa umngeni "awukholeleki", kuba wathi amagqwetha e-county athi isicwangciso sokuphumeza ukuvalwa "kwixesha elizayo" ngu-zero.

Kwelinye icala, u-Owen uthi ukuba umthetho uyathotyelwa, ishishini liya kufumana umonakalo ongenakulungiseka ngoko nangoko.

UOwen wabhala wathi kumyalelo wakhe: “ummangalelwa waqiqa ngelithi umdla woluntu kuMthetho onguNombolo 878 wawuphakame kakhulu kunowommangali.Kodwa ummangalelwa uvumile ukuba abanazicwangciso zokukhuthaza umdla woluntu kuba bebengalindelanga ukuwuphumeza lo mgaqo kwixesha elizayo.”

UMary Sawyer, isithethi sezempilo kwidolophu, ucacisile, "unyanzeliso lomthetho luza kuqala ngohlolo lukarhulumente lomthetho welayisensi yokuthengisa icuba.Urhulumente welizwe uza kuhlola amashishini minyaka le ukuqinisekisa ukuba banazo iilayisensi kwaye bayayithobela imithetho yelizwe.Ukuba abahloli bafumanisa ukuba amashishini eWashington County athengisa iimveliso zencasa, baya kusazisa. ”

Emva kokufumana isaziso, urhulumente wesithili uya kuqala afundise amashishini malunga nomthetho wemveliso yesinongo, kwaye uya kukhupha itikiti kuphela ukuba amashishini ayasilela ukuthobela.

Sawyer uthe, "akukho nanye kwezi eyenzekileyo, kuba urhulumente usandula ukuqalisa uhlolo kweli hlobo, kwaye abasicebisi ngamashishini."

Ilizwe lifake isicelo sokuchitha esi sikhalazo.Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iWashington County inencasa yecuba kunye neemveliso zecuba zombane.

UJordani Schwartz ungumnini womoya wokuzola, omnye wabamangali kwityala, elinamasebe amathathu eWashington County.USchwartz uthi inkampani yakhe incede amawaka abantu ukuba bayeke ukutshaya.

Ngoku, wathi, umthengi wangena wamxelela, “Ndicinga ukuba ndiza kutshaya imidiza kwakhona.Yiloo nto abasinyanzele ukuba siyenze.”

Ngokuka-Schwartz, umphunga wokuzola uthengisa ikakhulu i-oyile yecuba enencasa kunye nezixhobo zombane zecuba.

"I-80% yeshishini lethu liphuma kwiimveliso ezithile zencasa."Uthe.

"Sinamakhulukhulu eencasa."Uqhubekile uSchwartz.Sineentlobo ezine zeencasa zecuba, ezingeyonxalenye idumileyo.”

U-Jamie Dunphy, isithethi senethiwekhi yesenzo somhlaza we-American Cancer Society, unezimvo ezahlukileyo kwiimveliso zenikotini ezinencasa.

"Idatha ibonisa ukuba ngaphantsi kwe-25% yabantu abadala abasebenzisa naluphi na uhlobo lweemveliso zecuba (kubandakanywa ne-e-cigarettes) basebenzisa naluphi na uhlobo lweemveliso zokunambitheka," kusho uDunfei."Kodwa uninzi lwabantwana abasebenzisa ezi mveliso bathi basebenzisa kuphela iimveliso zencasa."

USchwartz uthe akazange athengise kubantwana kwaye wavumela kuphela abantu abaneminyaka engama-21 nangaphezulu ukuba bangene evenkileni yakhe.

Wathi: “Kuzo zonke iidolophu zeli lizwe, akukho mthethweni ukuthengisa ezi mveliso kubantu abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-21 ubudala, yaye abo baphula umthetho bafanele bagwetywe.”

USchwartz uthe ukholelwa ukuba kufanele kubekho izithintelo kwaye unethemba lokuba yinxalenye yengxoxo malunga nendlela yokwenza oku.Nangona kunjalo, uthe, "i-100% ukuyivala ngokupheleleyo ayisiyondlela ilungileyo."

Ukuba ukuvalwa komsebenzi kuyasebenza, uDunphy akanamfesane kakhulu kubanini bamashishini abanokuthi bangabi nathamsanqa.

“Basebenza kwishishini elenzelwe ngokukodwa ukwenza iimveliso ezingalawulwayo lilo naliphi na iziko likarhulumente.Ezi mveliso zinencasa okwelekese kwaye zihonjiswe okwezinto zokudlala, ngokucacileyo zitsala abantwana,” utshilo.

Nangona inani labantu abatsha abatshaya imidiza yesintu liyancipha, i-e-cigarettes yindawo yokungena eqhelekileyo yokuba abantwana basebenzise inikotini.Ngokutsho kwedatha yeZiko loLawulo lweSifo kunye nokuthintela, kwi-2021, i-80.2% yabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo kunye ne-74.6% yabafundi besikolo esiphakathi abasebenzisa i-e-cigarettes baye basebenzisa iimveliso zokunambitha kwiintsuku ze-30 ezidlulileyo.

UDunfei uthe ulwelo lwe-e-cigarette luqulethe inikotini eninzi kunecuba kwaye kulula ukuyifihla kubazali.

"Amarhe avela esikolweni kukuba imeko imbi kakhulu kunangaphambili."Wongeza.“Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo saseBeverton kwafuneka sisuse ucango lwegumbi lokuhlambela kuba abantwana abaninzi basebenzisa imidiza ye-elektroniki kwigumbi lokuhlambela phakathi kweeklasi.”