UNdunankulu waseBrithani uRishi Sunak ucinga ngokungeniswa kwamanyathelo okuthintela isizukulwana esilandelayo ithuba lokuthenga i-cigarettes, ingxelo ye-Guardian.
I-Sunak iqwalasela iindlela zokuchasa ukutshaya ezifana nemithetho eyabhengezwa kunyaka ophelileyo yiNew Zealand, equka ukuvalwa kokuthengiswa kwecuba kuye nabani na ozelwe emva koJanuwari 1, 2009, ipapasho ecatshulwe yiReuters.
"Sifuna ukukhuthaza abantu abaninzi ukuba bayeke ukutshaya kwaye bahlangabezane nomnqweno wethu wokuphila ngaphandle komsi ngo-2030, yiyo loo nto sele sithathe amanyathelo okunciphisa inani labantu abatshayayo," isithethi sikarhulumente waseBritane sixelele iReuters.
Amanyathelo abandakanya izixhobo zomphunga zasimahla, iskimu sevawutsha yokukhuthaza abasetyhini abakhulelweyo ukuba bayeke ukutshaya, kunye nokucebisa kunye nokunye, utshilo isithethi.
Imigaqo-nkqubo ekuxoxwe ngayo iyinxalenye yephulo elitsha elijoliswe kubathengi liqela likaSunak phambi konyulo lonyaka ozayo, upapasho lwaphawula.
NgoMeyi, iBritane yabhengeza ukuba iza kuvala ikroba elivumela abathengisi ukuba bakhuphe iisampulu zasimahla zezixhobo zevape ebantwaneni njengenxalenye yokuqhekeka kwe-e-cigarettes. Ngokwahlukileyo, amabhunga aseNgilani naseWales acela urhulumente ngoJulayi ukuba avale ukuthengiswa kwezinto zokucima into enye ngo-2024 kuzo zombini izizathu zokusingqongileyo kunye nempilo.
Ifoto nge cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/alcoholic-drinks-and-cigarettes-on-a-wooden-table-5921118/