Ma ka lā 21 o Dekemaba 2022, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o California Vape Flavor Ban. Ma hope o ke koho balota ʻo Nowemapa 8 kahi i koho nui ʻia ai ka poʻe Kaleponi no ka Proposition 31 nāna i kuhikuhi i ka pāpā. ʻAʻole ʻae ke kūʻai aku i ka ʻono vape nā huahana nicotine ʻono ma ka moku'āina. Loaʻa kēia i nā ʻano menthol ʻono a pau huahana vape. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kānāwai mai ka pāpā ʻana i kekahi mau paka a me ka Hookah.
Eia nō naʻe, manaʻo ka poʻe loea he nui kēia pāpā e hōʻole i nā mea i loaʻa mua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nui o nā mea puhi paka ma ka mokuʻāina. No nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua haʻi ʻia ka nui o nā mea puhi paka he mau mea palekana nā huahana vape i ka paka a ua nui ka poʻe i hoʻololi i ka hoʻololi no ka nui o nā ʻono i loaʻa i ka e-cigarettes. Me ka loaʻa ʻole o kā lākou huahana vape ʻono punahele, hiki i ka nui o kēia mau mea puhi puhi mua ke hoʻi hou i ka puhi. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina i ka pāpā ʻana i nā huahana vape i hoʻonui ʻia i ka puhi ʻana. I kekahi mau hihia, hiki ke koi ʻia ka poʻe hoʻohana i nā huahana i pāpā ʻia e hilinaʻi i nā ala ʻae ʻole e like me ka hoʻopio ʻana i nā huahana ma nā laina mokuʻāina e kiʻi iā lākou.
Me ke kānāwai e pāpā ana i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o nā e-cigarettes floured ma ka mokuʻāina, ke alo nei ʻo Kaleponi i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kānāwai. ʻO kekahi mau ʻāpana o ke kānāwai i mea e huikau ai i ke aupuni mokuʻāina. ʻO ke kākoʻo o THR, ua kuhikuhi ʻo Stefan Didak i ka California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), ʻo ia kekahi o nā keʻena e hoʻohui i ka huikau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻopuka ka ʻoihana i nā hōʻike kūʻē e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana i kēia mau huahana ma ka pūnaewele. Ua haʻi ʻia kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku ua pāpā ke kānāwai i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā huahana ma ka pūnaewele a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i haʻi ʻia he kānāwai loa ke kūʻai aku i kēlā mau huahana ma ka pūnaewele. Huikau keia. Manaʻo ʻo Didak ʻaʻole pāpā ke kānāwai i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana ʻono ma ka pūnaewele.
ʻO kekahi wahi huikau ʻo ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana me ka ʻono ʻole. Wahi a kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku ua hāʻawi ke aupuni iā lākou i ka Ok e kūʻai aku i kēia mau huahana. Akā ke hōʻike nei kekahi mau hale kūʻai ʻē aʻe ua haʻi ʻia lākou ua pāpā ke kānāwai i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā huahana vape koe wale nō ka ʻono kūlohelohe o ka paka.
Wahi a Didak, me ka hoʻopuka ʻana o ke aupuni i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kūʻē i nā hale kūʻai, ʻaʻole hiki i nā luna hoʻokō kānāwai ke ʻike i ka mea e hoʻokō ai. Ke hopohopo nei ʻo ia e hoʻopau paha kekahi mau luna hoʻokō kānāwai i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi ma o ka hahai ʻana i kahi kuhikuhi ʻē aʻe mai ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o nā ʻoihana. He nui nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e ʻike iā lākou iho ma ka ʻaoʻao hewa o ke kānāwai inā paha lākou e hahai wale ana i ka mea a ke aupuni i ʻōlelo ai iā lākou.
ʻO Reynolds, ka mea hoʻolaha nui loa o nā huahana vape i ʻae ʻia e FDA, no ka pane ʻana i ka pāpā ua hoʻouna aku i nā leka ʻōlelo aʻo i kahi o 20 mau mea kūʻai aku o kāna huahana e kūʻai aku nei i kēlā mau huahana e kūʻē i nā kānāwai kūloko ma Los Angeles, Sacramento a me San Jose. ʻO kēia ka mea e mālama pono ai ka hui i ke kānāwai. Ke manaʻo nei naʻe ka ʻoihana i ka pāpā ʻana iā ia a me kāna mea kūʻai aku.
