Riaan 
I-New York
Ibhizinisi le-CNN
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Umkhiqizi we-e-cigarette uJuul Labs uthe ngoLwesibili usezixazulule amacala abebebhekene nawo e-United States, nokuxazulula izinkinga eziningi zomthetho zenkampani.
“Isinqumo somhlaba wonke sihlanganisa amacala angaphezu kuka-5,000 alethwe ngabamangali abacishe babe yi-10,000 ngokumelene neJuul Labs nezikhulu nabaqondisi bayo,” inkampani. kusho umbiko wezindaba.
Le nkampani ithe amacala asukela ekulimaleni komuntu siqu, isenzo sesigaba sabathengi, inhlangano kahulumeni kanye namaqembu ezizwe zaboMdabu baseMelika.
UJuul Labs uthe “angeke ikwazi ukudalula inani elikhokhiwe ngalesi sikhathi, kodwa ithole ukutshalwa kwezimali okulinganayo ukuze kuxhaswe isinqumo.”
Intuthuko iza ngemuva kwesimemezelo sikaSepthemba sokuthi UJuul uzokhokha U-$438.5 wezigidi ukuya ezifundeni nasezifundeni ezingu-34 esixazululweni kulandela uphenyo lweminyaka emibili mayelana nokumaketha nokuthengisa kwenkampani. Uphenyo lwathola ukuthi uJuul wakha ngamabomu imikhiqizo yakhe kubantu abasha, nakuba ukuthengiswa kwe-e-cigarette ezinganeni kungekho emthethweni.
Ukumaketha imizamo ifakiwe amasampula wamahhala, imikhankaso yenkundla yezokuxhumana, amaphathi okuqalisa, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamamodeli abukeka esemasha emikhankasweni yawo yokukhangisa. Ngo-2019, i-US Food and Drug Administration yajezisa inkampani ngokumaketha kwayo, okubandakanya isethulo ezinganeni ngenkathi zisesikoleni lapho abamele inkampani bathi umkhiqizo “kuphephe ngokuphelele.” Ukupakishwa kwakulula ukufihla futhi ukunambitheka okufana nomango, izithelo kanye neminti kwakudumile phakathi kwabasebenzisi abancane.
Esikhathini esedlule, iJuul Labs udayise eminye yemikhiqizo edume kakhulu ye-vaping e-United States, ikakhulukazi imikhiqizo yayo enambitheka.
Imikhiqizo kagwayi we-elekthronikhi isikhule ngokuduma entsheni, okuholele kubhubhane lwe-vaping ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu ezweni lonke.
Kwi ucwaningo lukazwelonke lwangonyaka odlule, intsha yase-US engaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili ithe isebenzisa i-e-cigarettes, ingxenye yesine yayo ithi ivape nsuku zonke. Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi basabika besebenzisa i-e-cigarettes namanye amadivaysi e-vape.
NgoJuni, i-US Food and Drug Administration iyaliwe Imikhiqizo yeJuul Labs Inc. izosuswa emakethe yase-US njengoba i-ejensi ikhiphe ama-oda okunqaba ukumaketha amathuluzi ayo okufutha kanye nama-pods. Inkantolo ikuvimbele okwesikhashana ukuvinjelwa kwe-FDA, ngakho-ke imikhiqizo isathengiswa e-United States.
NgoMsombuluko, inkampani ithe “ithathe uchungechunge lwezinyathelo zokuzinzisa ukusebenza kwebhizinisi layo nokulungisa izinkinga zomthetho ezedlule.”
“Ngakho kokubili ukutshalwa kwezimali okusha emkhankasweni wenkampani kanye nesinqumo esifana nalesi esifinyelelwe namuhla, iJuul Labs ihlela indlela eya phambili yokuqhubekisela phambili ukuncishiswa kokulimala kukagwayi ngesayensi nobuchwepheshe, kwababhemayo abadala abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-31 e-US nangaphezulu kwebhiliyoni eyodwa. abantu abadala ababhemayo emhlabeni wonke,” kusho yena.
– UCarma Hassan we-CNN, uJacqueline Howard kanye noJen Christensen baba nesandla kulo mbiko
