Des Moines — UMthethosisekelo Wesifundazwe sase-Iowa manje usebekwe ebhokisini elisha lokubonisa elenzelwe ukulondoloza kangcono umbhalo oneminyaka engu-168 ubudala.
UMthethosisekelo wase-US ubekwe ehhovisi likaNobhala Wezwe wase-Iowa uPaul Pate, owembule icala elisha engqungqutheleni yabezindaba e-Iowa State Capitol ngoLwesine.
Ngokusho kweHhovisi likaNobhala Wezwe, ikesi lokubonisa langaphambilini lakhiqizwa ngawo-1980. Ikesi lokubonisa elisha lakhiqizwa yinkampani yase-Iowa futhi lisebenzisa amaphaneli e-acrylic amelana ne-UV, amathangi e-desiccant, kanye nama-thermometer nama-hygrometer ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izimo zokushisa eziphephile zigcinwa ngaphakathi kwekesi.
Ngokusho kwehhovisi likaNobhala Wezwe, isikhwama esisha sefoni senziwe yiNotch & Nail eJohnston, izinto ezenziwe nge-acrylic zanikezwa yiMidland Plastics eDes Moines, kanti umkhiqizo wasekelwa yi-Iowa History Museum.
UPete, kanye noValerie Van Cutten, inhloko ye-Iowa State Historical Society, bavule umbukiso omusha.
“Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokwethula lo mbhalo womlando kubantu base-Iowa ehhovisi lethu,” kusho uPete esitatimendeni. “Uma abantu base-Iowa bebona umthethosisekelo wokuqala wesifundazwe sabo mathupha, kudala ukuxhumana okunamandla phakathi kwabantu base-Iowa nombhalo osungula amalungelo abo ayisisekelo kanye nenkululeko. Kungaguqula umqondo womlando ongaqondakali ube yincazelo ejulile.”
Ibhokisi elisha lokubonisa lihlanganisa namadrowa angasetshenziswa ukugcina eminye imibhalo yomlando njengoba kudingeka.
Esithangamini nabezindaba ngoLwesine, uPete ukhombise elinye lamabhokisi aqukethe incwadi yomlando womhlaba eqopha ukudluliselwa komhlaba e-Iowa kuMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln.
Nakuba umcimbi wangoLwesine wenzeke e-Iowa State Capitol Rotunda, uMthethosisekelo wase-Iowa uzophinde uboniswe unomphela eHhovisi likaNobhala Wezwe lase-Iowa, elitholakala esitezi sokuqala se-Iowa State Capitol. Umphakathi ungawubuka uMthethosisekelo ngezikhathi zomsebenzi ezijwayelekile (ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu, ngo-8:00 ekuseni kuya ku-4:30 ntambama).
AmaSenator ase-Iowa adlulise ngazwi linye umthethosivivinywa ngoLwesine ozokhokhisa intela kuma-e-cigarette e-nicotine kanye nama-nicotine pockets.
UMthethosivivinywa weSenate 1137 uphakamisa intela engu-$1.15 ku-cartridge ngayinye ye-e-cigarette kanye nentela yamasenti angu-6.8 ku-nicotine ngayinye. Intela kuma-e-cigarette, okuhlanganisa noketshezi, izoba ngu-15% wentengo yokuthengisa, kanti intela kuma-e-cigarette oketshezi athengiswa ngokwehlukana nama-cartridge izoba ngu-35%.
Imali engenayo yentela ekhuphukile izosetshenziselwa ukuxhasa ucwaningo lomdlavuza. Ngokusho kwe-Iowa Cancer Registry, i-Iowa inezinga lesibili eliphakeme kakhulu lomdlavuza ezweni futhi iyona kuphela isifundazwe esibhekene nokwanda kwamacala omdlavuza.
I-Iowa okwamanje ikhokhisa intela yemikhiqizo kagwayi ngo-50% wentengo yokuthengisa ngobuningi. Intela ingu-$1.36 ngephakethe lamagwayi angu-20 kanye no-$1.70 ngephakethe lamagwayi angu-25.
Lo mthethosivivinywa wethulwa yiSenator weRiphabhulikhi uMike Klemish waseSpearville, naye owayekade ebhema. Uveze ukukhathazeka ngokuthi ugwayi kagesi ungaba yisinyathelo sokuqala sokubhema ugwayi ovamile kubafundi besikole samabanga aphansi naphakathi.
“Ngangivame ukubhema. Eqinisweni, ngisabhema ngezikhathi ezithile. Angisebenzisi ama-e-cigarette; ngibhema ugwayi ovamile,” kusho uKlemesh. “Kulula kubafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu ukuqala ukusebenzisa ama-e-cigarette.”
Abamele izinkampani eziningana zikagwayi, okubalwa kuzo iPhilip Morris International kanye neReynolds USA, baphikisana nalo mthethosivivinywa, bethi ugwayi we-nicotine awuyona ingozi kakhulu kunemikhiqizo kagwayi.
UMike Triplett, okhulumela inhlangano ese-Iowa ekhuthaza ukuyekiswa kokubhema nemikhiqizo kagwayi, uthe ukubhema kubangela umdlavuza, kanti ugwayi we-nicotine awubangeli umdlavuza.
“Sikholelwa ukuthi akunangqondo ukufanisa amadivayisi angengozi kangako njengokubhema nogwayi obulalayo,” kusho uTriplett.
UTeres Hammes, we-Clean Air for All, uthe ugwayi we-nicotine usaqukethe amakhemikhali anobuthi angaholela ezifweni ezifana ne-popcorn lung, futhi waphawula ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-e phakathi kwentsha e-Iowa kuphakeme kunesilinganiso sikazwelonke.
UHarms uthe, “Ama-e-cigarette angabangela ukuchayeka ezintweni ezinobuthi; aqukethe amakhemikhali afana ne-formaldehyde. Abantu bavame ukudidanisa ama-e-cigarette nogwayi ovamile ngoba okwamanje asinayo imithetho elawula ukusetshenziswa kwama-e-cigarette, njengoba emisha kakhulu. Angasetshenziswa ezindaweni zomphakathi.”
USen. Claire Celsey weDemocratic Party waseWest Des Moines, naye owayebhema, uthe udumele ngokunxenxa kwezinkampani zikagwayi ukuthi ziphikisane nalo mthethosivivinywa.
“Amaphilisi abangela umdlavuza ayingozi; angaba umlutha kubantu abasha ngaphambi kokuba baqaphele ingozi yangempela engabangwa yile mithi efihliwe. Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele siwakhokhise intela enkulu,” kusho uSearcy.
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwe-140, i-Gazette inikeze abantu base-Iowa izindaba zendawo ezijulile kanye nokuhlaziywa okuyingqayizivele. Bhalisa manje ukuze usekele ubuntatheli bethu obuzimele obuwine imiklomelo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Jan-09-2026
