Ma ka Poakahi, ua koho ka Ahaolelo o Columbus City e apono i ka papa ana i ke kuai ana nā paka ʻono a me nā huahana vaping. Hoʻohui kēia pāpā iā Columbus i kahi papa inoa liʻiliʻi o nā kūlanakauhale nui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i lawe i ka neʻe wiwo ʻole e pāpā i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā huahana lawe nicotine i loko o ko lākou mau palena. Ua koho lokahi ʻia ka pāpā ʻono ʻo Columbus e nā lālā ʻehiku a pau i kākoʻo i ka neʻe ʻana. Ua hiki mai kēia ʻoiai ke kūʻē ikaika a me ka ʻuhane i ka pāpā i kau ʻia e nā mea hoʻolaha huahana a me nā mea hoʻolako i loko o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO ke kānāwai e pāpā i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o nā huahana paka i ʻono ma Columbus Ohio ke kali nei i ka ʻae ʻia e ka Meia Andrew Ginther. Ua hōʻike mua ke kuhina i ke kākoʻo no ka pāpā ʻana a e kau inoa paha ia i nā lā e hiki mai ana. Inā ʻae ʻia ke kānāwai e hoʻokō ʻia ma Ianuali 1st 2024. ʻO ia ke ʻano he 12 mau mahina e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai nā mea hoʻolako vaping ma ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kekahi waihona o nā huahana vaping ʻono ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i kēia mau huahana ma ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻo Columbus e lilo i hewa.
Ua pāpā ke kānāwai i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o nā huahana paka i ʻono ma loko o nā palena o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kēia kahi pāpā pale e pili ana i nā huahana vape āpau me ka nicotine a i ʻole. Loaʻa pū kekahi i nā mea ʻono haʻahaʻa e like me ka snus a me nā ʻeke nicotine. Hoʻopaʻa pū ke kānāwai i nā ʻano mea ʻala paka a pau me ka cigakeke menthol. Eia nō naʻe, ʻokoʻa ka poʻe kamaʻāina makemake e leʻaleʻa i kā lākou huahana paka i loko o nā pahu hookah laikini i hoʻohana i ka paka hookah i loko o ia mau kaola wale nō.
ʻO ka hala ʻana o kēia ʻōlelo ʻo ia ka hana a ka Coalition to End Tobacco Targeting, kahi hui e hana nei e pale i nā maʻi maʻi ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka addiction. ʻO ka Coalition to End Tobacco ka lima hoʻopaʻapaʻa no ka Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Ke hana nei ka hui ʻo Tobacco-Free Kids ma nā kūlanakauhale he nui a puni ka ʻāina e ʻimi nei e pāpā i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana paka. He wahi koʻikoʻi kēia no ka hui ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka hoihoi o nā kamaliʻi a me nā ʻōpio i ka vaping a me ka cigakeke ma muli o ka nui o nā ʻono hoihoi i hana ʻia me kēia mau huahana. Ma ka ʻimi ʻana e loaʻa nā huahana paka ʻono i pāpā ʻia ka manaʻolana o ka hui e hoʻopakele i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio mai ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kēia mau huahana.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, no ke kōkua ʻana i ka pāpā ʻana i nā huahana paka i hoʻāla ʻia e ka hui i nā hoʻolālā e holo i ke kaʻina hana mai ka hoʻomaka a i ka hopena. Hoʻopili kēia i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka papahana, ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka paʻi ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i ka pōʻino o ka vape a me ka paipai ʻana i nā kamaʻāina e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka pōʻino o nā huahana paka. No ka hana ʻana i kēia hana me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui kaiaulu kūloko, nā media kūloko, nā keʻena olakino o ke kūlanakauhale, a me nā kula a me nā hale pule. Kōkua kēia i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hui paʻa o nā ʻelele e ʻimi nei e hoʻopau i kahi pilikia maʻamau e kū nei i ke kaiāulu.
He 900,000 ka nui o ka heluna kanaka o Columbus. ʻO ia ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma Ohio. ʻO ia hoʻi ke kaona nui o ka mokuʻāina a he home ia no nā hui ʻo 6 Fortune 500 a me ke kulanui o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Ohio. ʻO ka pāpā ʻana i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā huahana paka i ʻono ʻia i loko o ke kūlanakauhale he hana koʻikoʻi ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā huahana i pāpā ʻia ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o nā mokuʻāina a me nā laina mokuʻāina.
