Des Moines — UMgaqo-siseko weLizwe lase-Iowa ngoku ugcinwe kwibhokisi entsha yokubonisa eyenzelwe ukugcina ngcono uxwebhu oluneminyaka eli-168 ubudala.
UMgaqo-siseko wase-US ubekwe ngokusisigxina eofisini kaNobhala weLizwe lase-Iowa uPaul Pate, otyhile ityala elitsha kwinkomfa yabezindaba e-Iowa State Capitol ngoLwesine.
Ngokutsho kweOfisi kaNobhala weLizwe, ityesi yokubonisa yangaphambili yenziwa ngeminyaka yoo-1980. Ityesi entsha yokubonisa yenziwe yinkampani yase-Iowa kwaye isebenzisa iiphaneli ze-acrylic ezingamelani ne-UV, iitanki ze-desiccant, kunye nee-thermometers kunye nee-hygrometers ukuqinisekisa ukuba iimeko zobushushu ezikhuselekileyo zigcinwa ngaphakathi kwetyesi.
Ngokutsho kwe-ofisi kaNobhala weLizwe, ityesi entsha yefowuni yenziwe yiNotch & Nail eJohnston, izinto ezenziwe nge-acrylic zanikezelwa yiMidland Plastics eDes Moines, kwaye imveliso yaxhaswa yiIowa History Museum.
UPete, kunye noValerie Van Cutten, intloko ye-Iowa State Historical Society, bavule umboniso omtsha.
“Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokunika abantu base-Iowa olu xwebhu lwembali eofisini yethu,” utshilo uPete kwingxelo. “Xa abantu base-Iowa bebona umgaqo-siseko wokuqala welizwe labo, oko kudala unxibelelwano olunamandla phakathi kwabantu base-Iowa noxwebhu oluseka amalungelo abo asisiseko kunye nenkululeko. Lunokuguqula ingcamango yembali engacacanga ibe yintsingiselo enzulu.”
Ibhokisi entsha yokubonisa ikwaquka needrowa ezinokusetyenziselwa ukugcina amanye amaxwebhu embali njengoko kufuneka.
Kwinkomfa nabezindaba ngoLwesine, uPete ubonise enye yeebhokisi ezazinencwadi yerekhodi yomhlaba echaza ukudluliselwa komhlaba e-Iowa kuMongameli uAbraham Lincoln.
Nangona umcimbi wangoLwesine wenzeke kwi-Iowa State Capitol Rotunda, uMgaqo-siseko wase-Iowa uza kuphinda uboniswe ngokusisigxina kwi-Ofisi kaNobhala weLizwe lase-Iowa, ekwakwindawo yokuqala kwi-Iowa State Capitol. Uluntu lunokubukela uMgaqo-siseko ngexesha leeyure zomsebenzi eziqhelekileyo (ukusuka ngoMvulo ukuya ngoLwesihlanu, 8:00 kusasa ukuya ku-4:30 emva kwemini).
Amalungu e-Iowa avumelene ngazwi linye ukuba awise umthetho ngoLwesine oza kuhlawula irhafu kwiicuba ze-nicotine kunye neengxowa ze-nicotine.
UMthetho weSenate 1137 ucebisa irhafu ye-$1.15 kwikhatriji nganye ye-e-cigarette kunye nerhafu ye-6.8-cent kwingxowa nganye ye-nicotine. Irhafu kwi-e-cigarettes, kuquka ulwelo, iya kuba yi-15% yexabiso lokuthengisa, ngelixa irhafu kwi-e-cigarette liquids ezithengiswa ngokwahlukeneyo kwiikhatriji iya kuba yi-35%.
Ingeniso yerhafu eyonyukileyo iza kusetyenziselwa ukuxhasa uphando lomhlaza. Ngokutsho kwe-Iowa Cancer Registry, i-Iowa inezinga lesibini eliphezulu lomhlaza kweli lizwe kwaye lelona lizwe lodwa elijongene nokwanda kwamatyala omhlaza.
I-Iowa okwangoku irhafisa iimveliso zecuba nge-50% yexabiso lokuthengisa ngobuninzi. Irhafu yi-$1.36 ngepakethi yeecuba ezingama-20 kunye ne-$1.70 ngepakethi yeecuba ezingama-25.
Lo mthetho mtsha waziswa yiSenator yeRiphabliki uMike Klemish waseSpearville, naye owayesakuba ngumtshayi. Uvakalise inkxalabo yokuba ii-e-cigarettes zinokuba linyathelo lokuqala lokutshaya ii-cigarettes eziqhelekileyo kubafundi besikolo samabanga aphantsi naphakathi.
“Bendisoloko nditshaya. Inyaniso kukuba, ndisatshaya ngamanye amaxesha. Andizisebenzisi ii-e-cigarettes; nditshaya ii-cigarettes eziqhelekileyo,” utshilo uKlemesh. “Kulula kubafundi besikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ukuqala ukusebenzisa ii-e-cigarettes.”
Abameli beenkampani ezininzi zecuba, kuquka iPhilip Morris International kunye neReynolds USA, baphikisana nalo mthetho, besithi i-nicotine e-cigarettes ayiyonto inobungozi kangako kuneemveliso zecuba.
UMike Triplett, isithethi sombutho ose-Iowa okhuthaza ukuyeka ukutshaya kunye neemveliso zecuba, uthe ukutshaya kubangela umhlaza, ngelixa i-nicotine e-cigarettes ingabangela loo mhlaza.
“Sikholelwa ukuba akukho ngqiqweni ukufanisa izixhobo ezingenabungozi kangako njengokutshaya neecuba eziyingozi,” utshilo uTriplett.
UTeres Hammes, weClean Air for All, uthe ii-e-cigarettes zenicotine zisenazo iikhemikhali ezinobuthi ezinokubangela izifo ezifana nepopcorn lung, waza waphawula ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwee-e-cigarette phakathi kolutsha e-Iowa kuphezulu kunomndilili wesizwe.
UHarms uthe, “Ii-e-cigarettes zinokubangela ukuba umntu azive enetyala; ziqulathe iikhemikhali ezifana ne-formaldehyde. Abantu badla ngokubhidanisa ii-e-cigarettes neecuba eziqhelekileyo kuba okwangoku asinayo imithetho elawula ukusetyenziswa kwee-e-cigarettes, kuba zintsha kakhulu. Zingasetyenziswa kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke.”
USen. Claire Celsey weDemocratic Party waseWest Des Moines, naye owayetshaya, uthe udanile kukugqugquzelwa kweenkampani zecuba ukuba zichasene nalo mthetho.
“Iipilisi ezibangela umhlaza ziyingozi; zingabanxilisa abantu abaselula ngaphambi kokuba baqonde ingozi yokwenyani enokubangelwa zezi ziyobisi zifihlakeleyo. Ndicinga ukuba sifanele sizihlawulise irhafu eninzi,” utshilo uSearcy.
Kangangeminyaka engaphezu kwe-140, iThe Gazette inike abemi base-Iowa iindaba zasekuhlaleni ezinzulu kunye nohlalutyo olukhethekileyo. Bhalisa ngoku ukuze uxhase ubuntatheli bethu obuzimeleyo obuphumelele amabhaso.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Jan-09-2026
