I-FDA iValela iiMveliso ezimbini ze-Vuse yeMint eziNgcobileyo zeVaping

Nge-24 kaJanuwari, ngo-2023, i-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yakhupha uMyalelo wokuLalwa kweNtengiso (MDO) yezimbini zohlobo lweVuse mint enencasa.i-e-cigaretteiimveliso ezithengiswa ngu-RJ Reynolds Vapor, i-subsidiary ye-British American Tobacco.

Iimveliso ezimbini ezivaliweyo ekuthengiseni ziquka iVuse Vibe Tank Menthol 3.0% kunye neVuse CiroIkhatrijiMenthol 1.5%.Inkampani ayivumelekanga ukuba ithengise okanye isasaze iimveliso e-US, okanye ingaba semngciphekweni wokunyanzeliswa kwe-FDA.Iinkampani zinokuthi, nangona kunjalo, zingenise isicelo kwakhona okanye zingenise isicelo esitsha ukulungisa iziphene kwiimveliso eziphantsi komyalelo wokwala ukuthengisa.

Le yimeko yesibini yokuvalwa kwemveliso ye-e-cigarette yale flavour emva kokuba i-FDA ikhuphe umyalelo wokwenqaba ukuthengisa imveliso ye-mint-flavored ye-Logic Technology Development, i-subsidiary ye-Japan Tobacco International, ngo-Oktobha kunyaka ophelileyo.

I-FDA ithe izicelo zezi mveliso azizange zibonise ubungqina obunamandla ngokwaneleyo besayensi ukubonisa ukuba iinzuzo ezinokuthi zibekho kubantu abadala abatshayayo zigqithise iingozi zokusetyenziswa kolutsha.

I-FDA yaqaphela ukuba ubungqina obukhoyo bubonisa ukuba icuba elingelona i-flavouri-e-cigarettes, kuquka i-menthol enencasai-e-cigarettes, "imingcipheko ekhoyo eyaziwayo kunye nebalulekileyo ekutsaleni ulutsha, ukuyithatha kunye nokusetyenziswa."Ngokwahlukileyo, idatha ibonisa ukuba i-e-cigarettes ene-flavored ye-e-cigarette ayinaso isibheno esifanayo kubantu abancinci kwaye ngoko ayifaki inqanaba elifanayo lomngcipheko.

Ukuphendula, i-British American Tobacco ivakalise ukuphoxeka ngesigqibo se-FDA kwaye yathi i-Reynolds iza kufuna ngokukhawuleza unqumamiso ekunyanzeliseni kwaye iza kufuna ezinye iindlela ezifanelekileyo zokuvumela i-Vuse ukuba iqhubeke nokubonelela ngeemveliso zayo ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka.

“Sikholelwa ukuba iimveliso zomphunga ezinencasa ye-menthol zibalulekile ekuncedeni abantu abadala abatshayayo ukuba bahlale kude nemidiza evuthayo.Isigqibo se-FDA, ukuba siyavunyelwa ukuba siqalise ukusebenza, siya kwenzakalisa kunokuba sincede impilo yoluntu,” satsho isithethi seBAT.UReynolds uye wabhena kumyalelo wokwala ukuthengisa we-FDA, kwaye inkundla yase-US iye yasirhoxisa isithintelo.