Swedish Match raug nplua $ 1.2 lab rau kev ua txhaum Washington DC's Flavored Tobacco Ban

Swedish Match raug nplua $ 1.2 lab rau kev ua txhaum Washington DC txoj cai txwv tsis pub haus luam yeeb

Swedish Match North America tau raug yuam kom them $ 1.2 lab kev daws teeb meem rau kev ua txhaum txoj cai txwv tsis pub haus luam yeeb hauv Washington, DC, thiab lub tuam txhab tau pom zoo ua cov kauj ruam kom ua raws li kev txwv txiav, suav nrog saib xyuas cov neeg xa khoom thiab ceeb toom txog kev txwv kev cai lij choj.

Raws li Fox5dc rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 13, Brian L. Schwalb, Tus Kws Lij Choj General ntawm Cheeb Tsam ntawm Columbia, tshaj tawm rau hnub Friday (13th) tias Swedish Match North America LLC (tom qab no hu ua "SMNA") raug xaj kom them $ 1.2 lab kev sib hais haum rau Ua txhaum txoj cai txwv tsis pub haus luam yeeb uas tau siv hauv Washington, DC xyoo 2022.

Qhov kev sib hais haum tau mus txog tom qab kev tshawb fawb los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees (tom qab no hu ua "OAG") pom tias lub tuam txhab muag kaum tawm txhiab tus khoom qab zib nicotine hauv Cheeb Tsam los ntawm nws lub vev xaib. SMNA yog ib lub koom haum ntawm Philip Morris International (PMI), thiab lub tuam txhab tau pom zoo ua cov kauj ruam los xyuas kom meej tias kev ua raws li kev txwv txiav, suav nrog kev saib xyuas nws cov neeg xa khoom thiab ceeb toom lawv txog kev txwv kev cai lij choj txhua xyoo.

Schwab tau hais hauv xov xwm tshaj tawm,

"Yog vim li cas cov khoom haus luam yeeb zoo li ZYN nicotine hnab raug txwv yog vim tias lawv muaj kev phom sij, muaj kev quav yeeb quav tshuaj, thiab ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev hauv kev txo cov tub ntxhais hluas haus luam yeeb. yuav ua txhua lub sijhawm los tiv thaiv kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev nyab xeeb ntawm peb cov menyuam. "

Raws li 2024 Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv thiab Tiv Thaiv Kab Mob (CDC) cov ntaub ntawv, kwv yees li 3.5% ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm theem nrab thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm theem siab hauv Tebchaws Meskas (kwv yees li 890,000 cov neeg) tau tshaj tawm siv hnab nicotine.

OAG qhov kev tshawb nrhiav pom tias txij lub Kaum Hli 1, 2022 txog rau Lub Rau Hli 30, 2024, SMNA tau txhawb nqa ZYN cov khoom qab zib los ntawm cov neeg siv khoom hauv Cheeb Tsam los ntawm nws lub vev xaib shop.zyn.com, ua txhaum txoj cai txwv tsis pub noj thiab hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv cov txheej txheem tiv thaiv neeg siv khoom. Txoj Cai (CPPA).

Tom qab OAG tau tshaj tawm tsab ntawv tshaj tawm tshawb fawb, SMNA tau tso tseg kev muag khoom tsw qab hauv Cheeb Tsam thiab tso tseg tag nrho kev muag khoom los ntawm nws lub vev xaib.

Lub tuam txhab tau pom zoo ua cov kauj ruam hauv qab no ua ib feem ntawm kev sib hais haum:

Them $1.2 lab rau Hauv Cheeb Tsam;
Saib xyuas cov neeg faib khoom kom ntseeg tau tias ua raws li kev txwv tsis pub noj, suav nrog kev tshuaj xyuas peb lub hlis twg thiab tiv thaiv kev ua txhaum cai, nrog rau cov neeg faib khoom uas txuas ntxiv ua txhaum txoj cai txwv tsis pub muaj kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev txiav lawv cov ntawv cog lus faib khoom;
Xa cov lus ceeb toom txog kev ua raws cai txhua xyoo rau DC cov neeg muag khoom thiab cov khw muag khoom hais txog kev txwv tsis pub tsw thiab lwm yam kev cai;
Txwv tsis pub muag yav tom ntej ntawm cov khoom lag luam luam yeeb hauv DC los ntawm shop.zyn.com lossis lwm yam kev lag luam e-lag luam platform.