Des Moines — Malamulo a boma la Iowa tsopano ali m'bokosi latsopano lowonetsera lomwe lapangidwa kuti lisunge bwino chikalata chakale cha zaka 168.
Malamulo a dziko la US akuwonetsedwa mu ofesi ya Secretary of State of Iowa Paul Pate, yemwe adavumbulutsa mlandu watsopanowu pamsonkhano wa atolankhani ku Iowa State Capitol Lachinayi.
Malinga ndi Ofesi ya Nduna ya Zaboma, chikwama chowonetsera chakale chinapangidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1980. Chikwama chatsopano chowonetsera chinapangidwa ndi kampani ya ku Iowa ndipo chimagwiritsa ntchito mapanelo a acrylic osagonjetsedwa ndi UV, matanki oyeretsera madzi, ndi ma thermometer ndi ma hygrometer kuti zitsimikizire kuti kutentha kuli bwino mkati mwa chikwamacho.
Malinga ndi ofesi ya Secretary of State, chikwama chatsopano cha foni chinapangidwa ndi Notch & Nail ku Johnston, nsalu ya acrylic inaperekedwa ndi Midland Plastics ku Des Moines, ndipo kupangaku kunathandizidwa ndi Iowa History Museum.
Pete, pamodzi ndi Valerie Van Cutten, mtsogoleri wa Iowa State Historical Society, ndi omwe adatsegula chiwonetsero chatsopanochi.
"Tikunyadira kwambiri kupereka chikalata chakalechi kwa anthu aku Iowa mu ofesi yathu," adatero Pete m'mawu ake. "Anthu aku Iowa akatha kuona malamulo oyambirira a boma lawo, zimapangitsa kuti pakhale mgwirizano wamphamvu pakati pa anthu aku Iowa ndi chikalata chomwe chimakhazikitsa ufulu wawo wofunikira. Chingasinthe lingaliro losamveka bwino la mbiri yakale kukhala tanthauzo lalikulu."
Chikwama chatsopano chowonetsera chilinso ndi ma drawer omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito kusungira zikalata zina zakale ngati pakufunika.
Pa msonkhano ndi atolankhani Lachinayi, Pete adawonetsa bokosi limodzi lomwe linali ndi buku lolemba za kusamutsidwa kwa malo ku Iowa kwa Purezidenti Abraham Lincoln.
Ngakhale kuti mwambowu wa Lachinayi unachitikira ku Iowa State Capitol Rotunda, malamulo a Iowa adzawonetsedwanso kwamuyaya mu Ofesi ya Nduna ya Zamalamulo ya Iowa, yomwe ilinso pa chipinda choyamba cha Iowa State Capitol. Anthu amatha kuwona malamulowa nthawi zonse (Lolemba mpaka Lachisanu, 8:00 am mpaka 4:30 pm).
Maseneta aku Iowa adavomereza Lachinayi lamulo loti lipereke msonkho ku ndudu zamagetsi ndi matumba a nikotini.
Lamulo la Senate 1137 likupereka msonkho wa $1.15 pa katiriji iliyonse ya ndudu zamagetsi ndi msonkho wa 6.8 cent pa thumba lililonse la nicotine. Msonkho wa ndudu zamagetsi zamagetsi, kuphatikizapo zakumwa, udzakhala 15% ya mtengo wogulitsa, pomwe msonkho wa zakumwa zamagetsi zamagetsi zomwe zimagulitsidwa mosiyana ndi makatiriji udzakhala 35%.
Ndalama zokwera za msonkho zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito pothandizira kafukufuku wa khansa. Malinga ndi Iowa Cancer Registry, Iowa ili ndi chiwerengero chachiwiri cha khansa m'dziko muno ndipo ndi boma lokhalo lomwe likuvutika ndi kuchuluka kwa milandu ya khansa.
Pakadali pano ku Iowa kumakhoma msonkho wa zinthu za fodya pa 50% ya mtengo wathunthu. Misonkho ndi $1.36 pa paketi ya ndudu 20 ndi $1.70 pa paketi ya ndudu 25.
Lamuloli linayambitsidwa ndi Senator wa chipani cha Republican Mike Klemish wa ku Spearville, yemwe kale anali wosuta fodya. Iye adawonetsa nkhawa kuti ndudu zamagetsi zitha kukhala sitepe yoyamba yopezera kusuta ndudu wamba kwa ophunzira a pulayimale ndi apakati.
"Ndinkasuta kale. Kunena zoona, ndimasutabe nthawi zina. Sindigwiritsa ntchito ndudu zamagetsi; ndimasuta ndudu wamba," anatero Klemesh. "N'zosavuta kuti ophunzira aku sekondale ayambe kugwiritsa ntchito ndudu zamagetsi."
Oimira makampani angapo a fodya, kuphatikizapo Philip Morris International ndi Reynolds USA, adatsutsa lamuloli, ponena kuti ndudu zamagetsi za nicotine ndi njira ina yopanda vuto m'malo mwa fodya.
Mike Triplett, wolankhulira bungwe la Iowa lomwe limalimbikitsa kuletsa kusuta fodya ndi zinthu zina zopangidwa ndi fodya, anati kusuta fodya kumayambitsa khansa, pomwe ndudu zamagetsi za nicotine sizimayambitsa khansa.
"Timakhulupirira kuti n'kosamveka kufananiza zipangizo zomwe sizili zoopsa kwambiri monga kusuta ndi ndudu zoopsa," anatero Triplett.
Teres Hammes, wa bungwe la Clean Air for All, anati ndudu zamagetsi za nicotine zili ndi mankhwala oopsa omwe angayambitse matenda monga popcorn lung, ndipo anati kugwiritsa ntchito ndudu zamagetsi pakati pa achinyamata ku Iowa n’kokwera kuposa avareji ya dziko lonse.
Harms anati, “Ndudu zamagetsi zimatha kuyambitsa zinthu zoopsa; zimakhala ndi mankhwala monga formaldehyde. Anthu nthawi zambiri amasokoneza ndudu zamagetsi ndi ndudu wamba chifukwa pakadali pano tilibe malamulo oletsa kugwiritsa ntchito ndudu zamagetsi zamagetsi, chifukwa ndi zatsopano. Zingagwiritsidwe ntchito m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri.”
Senator Claire Celsey wa chipani cha Democratic ku West Des Moines, yemwenso ankasuta fodya, anati wakhumudwa ndi makampani opanga fodya omwe akutsutsa lamuloli.
"Mapiritsi oyambitsa khansa ndi owopsa; amatha kuledzera achinyamata asanazindikire kuvulaza kwenikweni komwe mankhwala obisika awa angayambitse. Ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kuwalipira msonkho wokwera kwambiri," adatero Searcy.
Kwa zaka zoposa 140, The Gazette yakhala ikupatsa anthu aku Iowa nkhani zakumaloko mozama komanso kusanthula kwapadera. Lembetsani tsopano kuti muthandizire utolankhani wathu wodziyimira pawokha womwe wapambana mphoto.
Nthawi yotumizira: Januwale-09-2026
