Des Moines — Tsab Cai Lij Choj ntawm Xeev Iowa tam sim no tau muab tso rau hauv lub thawv tso saib tshiab uas tsim los kom khaws cia daim ntawv uas muaj 168 xyoo no zoo dua.
Tsab Cai Lij Choj Tebchaws Meskas tau muab tso rau hauv chaw ua haujlwm ntawm Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Lub Xeev Iowa Paul Pate, uas tau tshaj tawm tsab ntawv foob tshiab ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm ntawm Iowa State Capitol rau hnub Thursday.
Raws li Chaw Haujlwm ntawm Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Lub Xeev, lub thawv tso saib yav dhau los tau tsim tawm xyoo 1980. Lub thawv tso saib tshiab tau tsim los ntawm lub tuam txhab Iowa thiab siv cov vaj huam sib luag acrylic uas tiv taus UV, cov thoob dej desiccant, thiab cov ntsuas kub thiab hygrometers kom ntseeg tau tias qhov kub thiab txias zoo nyob hauv lub thawv.
Raws li Chaw Haujlwm ntawm Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Lub Xeev, lub thawv xov tooj tshiab no yog ua los ntawm Notch & Nail hauv Johnston, cov khoom siv acrylic yog muab los ntawm Midland Plastics hauv Des Moines, thiab kev tsim khoom tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm Iowa History Museum.
Pete, nrog rau Valerie Van Cutten, tus thawj coj ntawm Iowa State Historical Society, tau qhib qhov kev nthuav qhia tshiab.
"Peb zoo siab heev uas tau nthuav tawm daim ntawv keeb kwm no rau cov neeg hauv Iowa hauv peb lub chaw ua haujlwm," Pete hais hauv ib daim ntawv tshaj tawm. "Thaum cov neeg Iowa tuaj yeem pom lawv lub xeev txoj cai lij choj thawj zaug ntawm tus kheej, nws tsim kev sib txuas muaj zog ntawm cov neeg Iowa thiab daim ntawv uas tsim lawv cov cai thiab kev ywj pheej tseem ceeb. Nws tuaj yeem hloov pauv lub tswv yim keeb kwm abstract mus rau hauv lub ntsiab lus tob."
Lub thawv tso saib tshiab kuj muaj cov tub rau khoom uas siv tau los khaws lwm cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm raws li qhov xav tau.
Thaum lub rooj sib tham xov xwm hnub Thursday, Pete tau qhia ib lub thawv uas muaj phau ntawv teev cov av uas sau txog kev hloov pauv av Iowa rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Abraham Lincoln.
Txawm hais tias hnub Thursday qhov kev tshwm sim tau tshwm sim hauv Iowa State Capitol Rotunda, Iowa Constitution yuav rov qab muab tso rau hauv Iowa Secretary of State's Office, uas kuj nyob rau hauv pem teb thawj ntawm Iowa State Capitol. Cov pej xeem tuaj yeem saib Constitution thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm ib txwm (Hnub Monday txog Hnub Friday, 8:00 sawv ntxov txog 4:30 tsaus ntuj).
Cov neeg sawv cev hauv Iowa tau pom zoo ua ke rau tsab cai lij choj hnub Thursday uas yuav them se rau cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob thiab cov hnab nicotine.
Tsab Cai Lij Choj Senate 1137 tau hais kom them se $1.15 rau txhua lub thawv luam yeeb hluav taws xob thiab them se 6.8-xees rau txhua lub hnab nicotine. Cov se rau cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob, suav nrog cov kua, yuav yog 15% ntawm tus nqi muag khoom, thaum cov se rau cov kua luam yeeb hluav taws xob uas muag cais ntawm cov thawv luam yeeb yuav yog 35%.
Cov nyiaj tau los ntawm se uas nce ntxiv no yuav raug siv los pab nyiaj rau kev tshawb fawb txog mob qog noj ntshav. Raws li Iowa Cancer Registry, Iowa muaj tus kab mob qog noj ntshav thib ob siab tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws thiab yog tib lub xeev uas muaj cov neeg mob qog noj ntshav ntau ntxiv.
Tam sim no Iowa them se rau cov khoom luam yeeb ntawm 50% ntawm tus nqi lag luam wholesale. Tus nqi se yog $ 1.36 rau ib pob ntawm 20 tus luam yeeb thiab $ 1.70 rau ib pob ntawm 25 tus luam yeeb.
Tsab cai lij choj no tau qhia los ntawm Republican Senator Mike Klemish ntawm Spearville, uas yog ib tus neeg haus luam yeeb yav dhau los. Nws tau hais txog kev txhawj xeeb tias cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob tuaj yeem dhau los ua thawj kauj ruam rau kev haus luam yeeb ib txwm rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib pib thiab qib nrab.
"Kuv tau haus luam yeeb yav tas los. Qhov tseeb, kuv tseem haus luam yeeb qee zaum. Kuv tsis siv e-luam yeeb; Kuv haus luam yeeb ib txwm," Klemesh hais. "Nws yooj yim dua rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv theem siab pib siv e-luam yeeb."
Cov neeg sawv cev ntawm ntau lub tuam txhab luam yeeb, suav nrog Philip Morris International thiab Reynolds USA, tau tawm tsam tsab cai lij choj, sib cav tias cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob nicotine yog lwm txoj hauv kev uas tsis muaj kev phom sij rau cov khoom luam yeeb.
Mike Triplett, tus neeg hais lus rau lub koom haum hauv Iowa uas tawm tswv yim kom tsis txhob haus luam yeeb thiab cov khoom lag luam luam yeeb, tau hais tias kev haus luam yeeb ua rau mob qog noj ntshav, thaum cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob nicotine tsis ua.
"Peb ntseeg tias nws tsis tsim nyog los sib piv cov khoom siv uas tsis muaj kev phom sij dua li kev haus luam yeeb nrog cov luam yeeb tuag taus," Triplett hais.
Teres Hammes, ntawm Clean Air for All, tau hais tias cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob nicotine tseem muaj cov tshuaj lom uas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kab mob xws li mob ntsws popcorn, thiab tau sau tseg tias kev siv luam yeeb hluav taws xob ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas hauv Iowa siab dua li qhov nruab nrab hauv tebchaws.
Harms hais tias, "Cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau cov tshuaj lom; lawv muaj cov tshuaj lom neeg xws li formaldehyde. Cov neeg feem ntau tsis meej pem cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob nrog cov luam yeeb ib txwm vim tias tam sim no peb tsis muaj txoj cai tswjfwm kev siv cov luam yeeb hluav taws xob, vim tias lawv tseem tshiab. Lawv tuaj yeem siv rau hauv cov chaw pej xeem."
Tus thawj coj ntawm pawg neeg Democratic Sen. Claire Celsey ntawm West Des Moines, uas kuj haus luam yeeb thiab, tau hais tias nws poob siab rau cov tuam txhab luam yeeb uas tawm tsam tsab cai lij choj no.
"Cov tshuaj uas ua rau mob qog noj ntshav muaj kev phom sij; lawv tuaj yeem ua rau cov tub ntxhais hluas quav yeeb quav tshuaj ua ntej lawv paub tias cov tshuaj zais cia no ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj tiag tiag. Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum them se rau lawv ntau heev," Searcy hais.
Tau ntau tshaj 140 xyoo, The Gazette tau muab cov xov xwm hauv zos tob tob thiab kev tshuaj xyuas tshwj xeeb rau cov neeg Iowa. Sau npe tam sim no los txhawb peb cov xov xwm ywj pheej uas tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo.
Lub sijhawm tshaj tawm: Lub Ib Hlis-09-2026
