Ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hakakā ʻana, ua holomua ka poʻe kākoʻo anti-vape i ka ʻae ʻana i ka pāpā ʻana i ka vaping ʻono a me nā huahana paka. Ma ka Pōʻalua, 3 Mei 2022, ua hoʻokuʻu ka Hale mokuʻāina i kahi ʻano hoʻololi o HB (Bila Hale) 1570 ma ka balota 36-15. Ua ʻae mua ka Senate mokuʻāina i ka bila.
Pono e pūlima ʻia ka pila e ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ʻo David Ige, e hoʻokō a hōʻole ʻia. E hoʻomaka ana ka bila mai ka lā 1 Iulai inā e kau inoa ʻo David e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. Ina pela, o Hawaii ka mokuʻāina ʻelima ma US e pāpā i nā vape ʻono.
ʻO ka manaʻo o ke kānāwai e pāpā i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea ʻono nicotine a me nā huahana paka koe wale nō nā mea ʻono paka. Hoʻopili ʻia ka papa ʻono i nā huahana me nā cigakeke, lozenges, cigars, nā huahana vaping, paka paka ʻole, a me nā ʻeke nicotine. ʻOiai aia ka menthol i ka papa inoa pāpā ʻia, hāʻawi ka pāpā i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia no nā huahana nicotine i ʻae ʻia ma o ka Kaʻina PMTA o ka FDA. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻo FDA i nā huahana vape ʻono menthol a hiki i kēia manawa.
Ua haʻalele kekahi mau mea hana anti-vaping mai ka HB 1570. Ma muli o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka PMTA, ua hoʻololi ʻia kahi hoʻololi a ka Senate a me kekahi mau hoʻololi ʻē aʻe ma ka Bila Hale i hōʻole ʻia ma hope. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Scot Z. Matayoshi, ka Lunamakaʻāinana kākoʻo o ka bila, e hōʻike ana ʻo ia i bila e hoʻopau ai i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ke kau o ka Hale e hiki mai ana.
Ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā balota, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Matayoshi ua hoʻāʻo lākou no nā makahiki i loko o kēia keʻena e ʻae i kahi ʻahaʻōlelo e pāpā ana a i ʻole kaohi ʻana i nā vape ʻono. A ke kū nei lākou i kēia mau mea hoʻohui e hāʻawi i kahi manaʻolana i ka hanauna hou ʻaʻole pono lākou e hoʻomau i ka nicotine i ko lākou ola a pau.
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Ke hoʻoholo ke kiaʻāina i ke kānāwai, e hoʻopaʻi ʻo ia i $500 no ka uhai mua ʻana a me $500 a 2500 no nā hewa hou aʻe. E hoʻopaʻi pū ke kānāwai i nā mea kūʻai aku no ka hōʻailona hewa ʻana i nā huahana i loaʻa i ka nicotine me ka nicotine-noa.
He nui na bila hoole i waiho ia aku imua o ka hoomalu o Hawaii i keia kau. CASAA Ua kauoha ʻo ia e hoʻopuka i ʻelua o kēia mau pāpā i Pepeluali, me ka HB 1570. ʻO nā ʻoihana vaping e like me nā mea hana hou a me nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Volcano i Hawaii kūʻē ikaika i ka bila.
ʻOiai e kamaʻilio ana me Honolulu Civil Beat, Hawaiʻi kūloko nūhou 'oihana, ka Luna Nui o ka Volcano Scott Rasak i olelo mai he 99.9% o na huahana a pau o ka oihana kuai i na kanaka makua ma ke kanawai ma hope o ka hooiaio ana i ko lakou mau makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia e pili ana i nā haneli o nā ʻoihana a me nā tausani o nā hana no ka mea e lele aku ka loaʻa kālā ma o kēia mau huahana.
Ua pāpā ʻo Massachusetts i nā vape ʻono i Nowemapa 2019 a lilo ʻo ia i mokuʻāina mua ma US e kaupalena i ka vaping ʻono. Ua pāpā pū ʻia ʻo Rhode Island, New Jersey, a me New York ma hope o kekahi mau pule. Eia hou, Hawaii Ua ʻae ʻia ka pāpā ʻono i ʻAukake 2020. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻopanee ʻia ke kānāwai a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā balota no ka ʻae ʻana i ka referendum ʻo Nowemapa 2022.
