Imikhiqizo kaJuul ka-e-cigarette = Reuters

[New York = Hiroko Nishimura] Umenzi we-e-cigarette wase-US uJules Labs umemezele ukuthi usewaxazulule amacala ayi-5,000 afakwe abamangali abavela ezifundazweni eziningi, omasipala kanye nabathengi.Imikhuba yebhizinisi efana nokukhushulwa okugxile entsheni yasolwa ngokuba nesandla ekubhebhethekeni kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi phakathi kwezingane.Ukuze kuqhutshekwe nebhizinisi, inkampani ichaze ukuthi izoqhubeka nokuxoxa ngamacala asele.

Imininingwane yesivumelwano, okuhlanganisa nenani lemali yesinxephezelo, ayikadalulwa."Sesivele siyitholile imali edingekayo," kusho uJoule mayelana nokukhokha kwayo.

Eminyakeni yamuva e-United States, izinganeugwayi kagesiUkusabalala kokusetshenziswa kwayo sekuyinkinga yomphakathi.Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe yi-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) kanye ne-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), cishe u-14% wabafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme e-US bathi bake babhema i-e-cigarette phakathi kukaJanuwari noMeyi 2022. . .

uJouleugwayi kagesiEkuqaleni kokwethulwa kwayo, inkampani yandise uhlu lwayo lwemikhiqizo enambitheka efana nama-dessert nezithelo, kanye nokuthengisa okwakhula ngokushesha ngokusebenzisa amaphromoshini okuthengisa aqondiswe kubantu abasha.Nokho, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, le nkampani iye yabhekana nohide lwamacala kulo lonke elase-United States, izinsolo zokuthi izindlela zayo zokuphromotha nezinqubo zebhizinisi zaholela ekwandeni kokubhema phakathi kwezingane.Ngo-2021, wavuma ukukhokha imali elinganiselwa ku-$40 million (cishe ama-yen ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5.5) nesifundazwe saseNorth Carolina.NgoSepthemba 2022, yavuma ukukhokha isamba esingu-$438.5 million ezinkokhelweni zokuhlala nezifunda ezingama-33 kanye nePuerto Rico.

I-FDAuvimbele ukudayiswa kwemikhiqizo kaJuul ka-e-cigarette e-United States ngoJuni, esho izinkinga zokuphepha.UJuul uvule icala futhi umyalo wamiswa okwesikhashana, kodwa ukuqhubeka kwebhizinisi lenkampani kuba nokungaqiniseki.